Wound closure and follow-up after total knee arthroplasty — Do they affect the rate of antibiotic prescription?

This study aimed to evaluate risk factors for oral antibiotic prescription in the first six weeks after primary TKA, particularly whether the wound closure method (staples or sutures) and two-week follow-up clinician (surgeon or general practitioner (GP)) altered antibiotic use.

Source: The Knee - March 19, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Mark Zhu, Richard Rahardja, Jacob Munro, Brendan Coleman, Simon W. Young Source Type: research