Prosthetic Joint Infections: Risks, Retention, and Removal

Prosthetic Joint Infections: Risks, Retention, and Removal

Guest: Elie F. Berbari, M.D. (@DOCElie)

Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD) 

Infection remains an uncommon but major complication of prosthetic joint replacement procedures. What increases your patient’s chance of getting an infected joint? What can you do to decrease the chance of infection? Do patients need antibiotics when having dental work? Dr. Elie Berbari discusses these questions and more in what Dr. Darryl Chutka calls “one of the best Grand Rounds” he’s heard. 

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Deeper Dive: 

• Appropriate Use Criteria For the Management of Patients with Orthopaedic Implants Undergoing Dental Procedures https://bit.ly/2QAn6LN 
• The use of prophylactic antibiotics prior to dental procedures in patients with prosthetic joints https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2014.11.012