Hip and knee-replacement infections: Doctors debate best solutions (Philly.com)
For every 100 people who get a hip or knee replacement, one or two will develop a serious, potentially debilitating infection — in some cases, years after the surgery.
To prevent some of those infections, would it make sense to pre-coat these high-tech artificial joints with antibiotics?
It may seem like a good idea, but nearly 80 years after the first hip-replacement surgery, no one knows for sure.
That question was among hundreds up for debate this week at a three-day conference at Thomas Jefferson University, co...
