Acute renal failure after antibiotic-impregnated bone cement treatment of an infected total knee arthroplasty

• Published in: Clinical nephrology Vol. 69; no. 3; p. 207
• Main Authors: Dovas, S, Liakopoulos, V, Papatheodorou, L, Chronopoulou, I, Papavasiliou, V, Atmatzidis, E, Giannopoulou, M, Eleftheriadis, T, Simopoulou, T, Karachalios, T, Stefanidis, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.03.2008
• Subjects: Acute Kidney Injury - blood; Acute Kidney Injury - chemically induced; Acute Kidney Injury - therapy; Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacokinetics; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee - adverse effects; Bone Cements - adverse effects; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Middle Aged; Prosthesis-Related Infections - blood; Prosthesis-Related Infections - drug therapy; Renal Dialysis - methods

Antibiotic-impregnated cement is used frequently in revision procedures of infected total hip and knee arthroplasties. Local antibiotic treatment is as effective as the use of systemic antibiotics. The purpose of such treatment is to provide high tissue concentrations of antibiotics and minimize sys...