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Vancomycin-supplemented impacted bone allografts in infected hip arthroplasty

TWO-STAGE REVISION RESULTS

The Hip Surgery Unit, Institute of Orthopaedics "Carlos E. Ottolenghi" Italian Hospital, Potosi 4215 (C1199ACK), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr M. A. Buttaro; e-mail: cadera{at}hospitalitaliano.org.ar

Bone allografts can store and release high levels of vancomycin. We present our results of a two-stage treatment for infected hip arthroplasty with acetabular and femoral impaction grafting using vancomycin-loaded allografts. We treated 29 patients (30 hips) by removal of the implants, meticulous debridement, parenteral antibiotic therapy and second-stage reconstruction using vancomycin-supplemented impacted bone allografts and a standard cemented Charnley femoral component. The mean follow-up was 32.4 months (24 to 60). Infection control was obtained in 29 cases (re-infection rate of 3.3%; 95% confidence interval 0.08 to 17) without evidence of progressive radiolucent lines, demarcation or graft resorption. One patient had a further infection ten months after revision caused by a different pathogen. Associated post-operative complications were one traumatic periprosthetic fracture at 14 months, a single dislocation in two hips and four displacements of the greater trochanter. Vancomycin-supplemented allografts restored bone stock and provided sound fixation with a low incidence of further infection.

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