![]() ![]() Question 6: Should duration and the type of antibiotic prophylaxis be altered in patients with a prior periprosthetic joint infection (PJI)?.Question 5: Does extended prophylactic antibiotics therapy for patients undergoing aseptic revision help reduce the risk of subsequent surgical site infections/periprosthetic joint infections (SSIs/PJIs)?.Question 4: Should patients undergoing outpatient total joint arthroplasty receive additional post-operative prophylactic antibiotics?.Question 3: Is one dose of preoperative antibiotic adequate for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty?.Question 2: What are the appropriate weight-adjusted prophylactic antibiotic dosages?.Question 1: What is the most appropriate perioperative prophylactic antibiotic (agent, route, and number of doses) in patients undergoing primary total joint arthroplasty to reduce the risk of subsequent surgical site infections/periprosthetic joint infections (SSIs/PJIs)?.Question 6: Do patients undergoing outpatient total joint arthroplasty have a higher incidence of surgical site infections/periprosthetic joint infections (SSIs/PJIs)?.Question 5: Does a prior arthroscopy of the knee increase the risk of a subsequent surgical site infections/periprosthetic joing infections (SSIs/PJIs) in patients undergoing elective arthroplasty?.Question 4: Does a prior arthroscopy of the hip joint increase the risks of subsequent surgical site infections/periprosthetic joint infections (SSIs/PJIs) in patients undergoing elective total hip arthroplasty?.Question 3: What indicators/metrics would compel a surgeon to perform resection arthroplasty and antibiotic spacer insertion, delaying the arthroplasty to a later date, in a patient with prior septic arthritis undergoing primary arthroplasty?.Question 2: Does prior septic arthritis (aerobic, anaerobic, fungal, tuberculosis) of a native joint predispose the patients to an increased risk of subsequent PJI in the same joint receiving arthroplasty? b) If yes, how long after a prior septic arthritis can elective arthroplasty be performed in the same joint?.Question 1: What preoperative screening for infections should be performed in patients undergoing revision of hip or knee arthroplasty because of presumed aseptic failure?. ![]() Question 3: What nutritional markers are the most sensitive and specific for SSI/PJI? Does improvement in nutritional status reduce the risk of SSI/PJI?. ![]()
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