Current Concepts of Infections in Orthopedic Surgery

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Epidemiology of Hospital Infection — The Role of the Microbiologist....Pages 1-5
The Role of the Infectious Disease Physician....Pages 7-10
Diagnosis and Treatment of Malnutrition in the Traumatized Patient....Pages 11-18
Skin Bacterial Populations — Contamination or Infection?....Pages 19-23
Infections in Orthopedics: Patient Preparation and Skin Scrub....Pages 25-32
Clean Air Operating Environment and Superficial Infection....Pages 33-37
Specific Measures to Reduce Operating Room Infections....Pages 39-50
Clean Wound Surveillance....Pages 51-55
Microbial Study of Surgical Drain Cultures....Pages 57-66
The Microcomputer for Operating Room Infection Surveillance....Pages 67-68
Diagnosis of Acute Bone Infection....Pages 69-79
The Role of Radionuclide Studies in the Diagnosis of Infections in Orthopedic Surgery....Pages 81-88
The History of a Patient with an Infected Total Joint Replacement....Pages 89-99
Joint Replacement Infections: Prophylaxis, Diagnosis and Treatment....Pages 101-112
Prevention of Infection in Total Hip Replacement....Pages 113-116
Prophylactic Effect of Gentamicin Cement....Pages 117-119
Open Fractures — Is Primary Stabilization Desirable?....Pages 121-132
Compound Fractures: The European Approach....Pages 133-140
Subacute Osteomyelitis in Children....Pages 141-149
Modern Trends in the Investigation and Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis....Pages 151-159
Acute Suppurative Joint Infections in Children....Pages 161-166
Current Concepts in the Management of Infected Fractures....Pages 167-171
Infected Pseudarthrosis — Treat the Infection First....Pages 173-182
Infection in Total Joint Replacement: One-Stage Exchange Arthroplasty....Pages 183-186
Deep Infection of Total Joint Replacement: Principles of Treatment....Pages 187-189
Revision of Infected Total Joint Replacement: Swedish Experiences....Pages 191-194
Reimplantation of Infected Joint Replacements: Elution Studies of Gentamicin from Cement and Beads....Pages 195-202
Septic and Aseptic Hip and Knee Replacements: Results of Revision....Pages 203-212
Infection: Occupational Hazard to the Surgeon....Pages 213-217
Isolation of the Infected Patient....Pages 219-223
Isolation Ward (Septic Ward) for Infected Patients....Pages 225-229
Antibiotic-Resistant Microorganisms....Pages 231-234
The Use of Antibiotics in Traumatized Patients....Pages 235-240
Parenteral versus Oral Antibiotic Therapy....Pages 241-246
Antibiotic-Loaded Acrylic Cement (ALAC)....Pages 247-250
Gentamicin-PMMA Beads and Artificial Wound Coverage....Pages 251-258
The Use of Gentamicin-PMMA Beads in Chronic Osteomyelitis....Pages 259-264
Fibrin-Antibiotic Complex: Laboratory Investigation and Clinical Results....Pages 265-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-300