BPG is committed to discovery and dissemination of knowledge
Articles Published Processes
2/7/2024 2:35:41 AM | Browse: 683 | Download: 2391
Publication Name World Journal of Orthopedics
Manuscript ID 89664
Country United Kingdom
Received
2023-11-08 12:00
Peer-Review Started
2023-11-08 12:02
First Decision by Editorial Office Director
2023-11-29 07:25
Return for Revision
2023-11-29 07:25
Revised
2023-12-08 00:01
Publication Fee Transferred
Second Decision by Editor
2024-01-05 02:42
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director
2024-01-05 07:10
Articles in Press
2024-01-05 07:10
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript
2024-02-02 04:01
Publish the Manuscript Online
2024-02-07 02:35
ISSN 2218-5836 (online)
Open Access This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2024. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Article Reprints For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/247
Permissions For details, please visit: http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/207
Publisher Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
Website http://www.wjgnet.com
Category Orthopedics
Manuscript Type Prospective Study
Article Title Assessment of the effectiveness of weight-adjusted antibiotic administration, for reduced duration, in surgical prophylaxis of primary hip and knee arthroplasty
Manuscript Source Invited Manuscript
All Author List Tosan Okoro, Michael Wan, Takura Darlington Mukabeta, Ella Malev, Marketa Gross, Claudia Williams, Muhammad Manjra, Jan Herman Kuiper and John Murnaghan
ORCID
Author(s) ORCID Number
Tosan Okoro http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0432-0936
Takura Darlington Mukabeta http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6581-5660
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author Tosan Okoro, FRCS, MBChB, PhD, Attending Doctor, Senior Lecturer, Surgeon, Department of Arthroplasty, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Gobowen, Oswestry SY10 7AG, United Kingdom. tosanwumi@hotmail.com
Key Words Antibiotics; Weight-adjusted; Hip and knee arthroplasty; Surgical site infection
Core Tip For patients in the study population undergoing primary lower limb arthroplasty, reducing the number of post-operative antibiotic doses had no adverse impact on SSI incidence, at 2 years following surgery, if a weight-adjusted regime is used.
Publish Date 2024-02-07 02:35
Citation Okoro T, Wan M, Mukabeta TD, Malev E, Gross M, Williams C, Manjra M, Kuiper JH, Murnaghan J. Assessment of the effectiveness of weight-adjusted antibiotic administration, for reduced duration, in surgical prophylaxis of primary hip and knee arthroplasty. World J Orthop 2024; 15(2): 170-179
URL https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/full/v15/i2/170.htm
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v15.i2.170
Full Article (PDF) WJO-15-170-with-cover.pdf
Full Article (Word) WJO-15-170.docx