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Infection and Local Treatment in Orthopedic Surgery

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Editors:
  1. Enzo Meani

    1. Istituto Ortopedico G. Pini Centro per il Trattamento delle Complicanze, Ortopediche Settiche (COS), Milano, Italy

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  2. Carlo Romanò

    1. Istituto Ortopedico G. Pini Centro per il Trattamento delle Complicanze, Ortopediche Settiche (COS), Milano, Italy

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  3. Lynn Crosby

    1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dayton, USA

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  4. Gunther Hofmann

    1. Department of Traumatology, BG-Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle, Halle a. d. Saale, Germany

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  5. Giovanni Calonego

    1. Tecres S.p.A., Sommacampagna/VR, Italy

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  • Covers the treatment of orthopedic infections from basic research to clinical application
  • Represents the experience of the most renowned experts in the field
  • Covers all relevant approaches to treatment with an emphasis on local therapy
  • Provides the reader with useful and long-awaited guidelines for therapy

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Table of contents (45 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Introduction

    1. The Socio-economic Burden of Musculoskeletal Infections

      • K. N. Malizos, L. A. Poultsides
      Pages 1-10

  3. Orthopaedic Device-related Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Epidemiology and Classification of Septic Total Hip Replacement

      • G. Sessa, V. Pavone, L. Costarella
      Pages 13-20

    3. Early Radiological Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Infection in Orthopaedic Surgery

      • M. B. Gallazzi, R. Chiapparino, P. G. Garbagna
      Pages 21-32

    4. Bacterial Strategies of Implant Colonization and Resistance

      • C. von Eiff, C. Heilmann, G. Peters
      Pages 33-38

    5. Pathological Findings of Septic Loosening

      • G. Gasparini, S. Cerciello, M. Vasso, C. Fabbriciani
      Pages 39-48

    6. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Orthopaedic Surgery

      • A. Soriano, S. García-Ramiro, J. Mensa
      Pages 49-57

    7. The Limits of Systemic Antibiotics in Device-related Infections

      • P. Baiocchi, P. Martino
      Pages 58-61

    8. Antibiotic Bone Cement as a Prophylactic Means in Joint Replacement Surgery

      • A. Lundberg, H. Hedlund
      Pages 62-66

    9. The Limits of the Local Antibiotic Therapy

      • E. Witsø
      Pages 67-72

    10. The Role of Suppressive Surgery

      • E. Concia, A. Tedesco
      Pages 73-76

  4. Basic Research and Local Antibiotic Therapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. PMMA as Drug Delivery System and in vivo Release from Spacers

      • E. Bertazzoni Minelli, A. Benini
      Pages 79-91

    3. Antibiotic Cement Spacers in Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Problems, Pitfalls, and Avoiding Complications

      • R. S. J. Burnett, J. C. Clohisy, R. L. Barrack
      Pages 92-111

    4. The Preformed Spacers: From the Idea to the Realization of an Industrial Device

      • R. Soffiatti
      Pages 112-120

    5. Fatigue and Wear Characterization of the Preformed Hip Spacer

      • M. Baleani, S. Affatato, F. Traina, A. Toni
      Pages 121-127

    6. Fatigue Characterisation of the Preformed Knee Spacer

      • T. Villa, D. Carnelli, R. Pietrabissa
      Pages 128-135

    7. Surface Analysis of the Spacer Before and After the Clinical Use

      • A. Cigada, M. F. Brunella
      Pages 136-147

    8. Bone Loss: Does Use of the Spacer Affects it?

      • H. Ferrer Escobar, R. Torres Romaña, A. Matamala Pérez, J. Asunción Márquez
      Pages 148-153
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Istituto Ortopedico G. Pini Centro per il Trattamento delle Complicanze, Ortopediche Settiche (COS), Milano, Italy

    Enzo Meani, Carlo Romanò

  • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dayton, USA

    Lynn Crosby

  • Department of Traumatology, BG-Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle, Halle a. d. Saale, Germany

    Gunther Hofmann

  • Tecres S.p.A., Sommacampagna/VR, Italy

    Giovanni Calonego

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Infection and Local Treatment in Orthopedic Surgery

  • Editors: Enzo Meani, Carlo Romanò, Lynn Crosby, Gunther Hofmann, Giovanni Calonego

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47999-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-47999-4Published: 27 April 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 395

  • Number of Illustrations: 173 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Orthopedics, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacy, Medical Microbiology

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