Practice of prescribing two different types of drug to patients undergoing joint replacement surgery should stop, expert says
Knee and hip joint replacements are on the rise due to an ageing population, with antibiotics often given to patients to prevent post-operative infections.Knee and hip joint replacements are on the rise due to an ageing population, with antibiotics often given to patients to prevent post-operative infections.Prescribing more antibiotics to patients undergoing joint replacement surgery does not prevent infections despite being a common practice, a large Australian study has found.
Resistant strains of golden staph can be deadly and are often described as “superbugs” due to multiple antibiotics being ineffective against them. The researchers found vancomycin did not prevent infections among the patients. In an unexpected finding, 5.7% of knee joint replacement patients in the vancomycin group acquired an infection, compared with 3.7% of knee patients in the placebo group.
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