Extended Antibiotics Effective at Reducing PJI

Patients who received extended antibiotics after TJA experienced a significant reduction in risk of periprosthetic joint infection, Healio reported on February 2. Study results were recently published and presented at the 30^th AAHKS Annual Meeting in Dallas, where it received the AAHKS Clinical Research Award. Lead investigator Michael M. Kheir, MD, and co-authors compared 3,855 patients who underwent either primary total hip or knee arthroplasty between 2011 and 2019, finding that oral antibiotic use may be a safe and cost-effective way to reduce PJI rates in high-risk patients. Read more here.