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The purpose of this study is to compare infection rates when patients, elected for primary or aseptic revision THA / TKA, have a single intravenous antibiotic dose versus one single intravenous antibiotic dose in combination with intra-articular antibiotics. This is a prospective, randomized clinical survey on selected outcome measurements on 1834 subjects who will be recruited in a period of about 2 years.
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Group A: patients receiving single dose of IV cefazolin 10-60 minutes before incision.
Group B: patients receiving a single dose of IV cefazolin 10-60 minutes before incision + a single dose of intra-articular vancomycin powder before articulation (hip or knee) closure.
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1,832 participants in 2 patient groups
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Benoit Benoit, MD; Karine Tardif
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