LAS VEGAS — Results of the Otto Aufranc Award-winning paper showed higher concentrations of vancomycin and significantly lower systemic vancomycin levels with intraosseous vancomycin injection among patients who had total hip arthroplasty.
“This technique could be expanded to many different procedures, including joint arthroplasties throughout the body and fracture care,” Katharine D. Harper, MD, said about results presented at the Hip Society Specialty Day as part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Harper and his colleagues are randomly assigned 20
