2025
Cefazolin Alone Versus Cefazolin With Tobramycin or Gentamicin as Intraoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Total Joint Arthroplasty
Dhodapkar M, Halperin S, Radford Z, Rubin L, Grauer J, Li M. Cefazolin Alone Versus Cefazolin With Tobramycin or Gentamicin as Intraoperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Total Joint Arthroplasty. Arthroplasty Today 2025, 31: 101613. DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2024.101613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFive-year implant survivalTotal knee arthroplastyElixhauser Comorbidity IndexProphylactic cefazolinImplant survivalAdverse outcomesComorbidity indexTotal hip arthroplastyAntibiotic prophylaxis regimensIntraoperative antibiotic prophylaxisStandard prophylactic antibioticsKaplan-Meier analysisLog-rank testPerioperative adverse outcomesPostoperative adverse outcomesProsthetic joint infectionMultivariate logistic regressionAntibiotic prophylaxisProphylaxis regimensTotal knee arthroplasty patientsProphylactic antibioticsSSI ratesComplication of total knee arthroplastyJoint infectionCefazolin
2018
How Common—and How Serious— Is Clostridium difficile Colitis After Geriatric Hip Fracture? Findings from the NSQIP Dataset
Bovonratwet P, Bohl DD, Russo GS, Ondeck NT, Nam D, Della Valle CJ, Grauer JN. How Common—and How Serious— Is Clostridium difficile Colitis After Geriatric Hip Fracture? Findings from the NSQIP Dataset. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2018, 476: 453-462. PMID: 29443839, PMCID: PMC6260047, DOI: 10.1007/s11999.0000000000000099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHip fracture surgeryClostridium difficile colitisDifficile colitisGeriatric hip fracturesChronic care facilitiesHip fractureFracture surgeryPostoperative lengthGeriatric patientsHigh riskPreoperative anemiaCurrent smokersCare facilitiesStrict hand hygieneProphylactic antibiotic regimensFuture prospective studiesHospital quality metricsLarge database studiesStepwise multivariate modelLarge national databasePostdischarge dataAntibiotic regimensInfectious diagnosisPreoperative factorsProphylactic antibiotics