2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.eats.2020.10.027
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Creation of a Custom-Length, Humeral Antibiotic Cement Spacer for Use in Treatment of Shoulder Periprosthetic Joint Infection

Abstract: Periprosthetic joint infection of the shoulder is a challenging clinical situation to manage owing to the fastidious organisms often present and delayed clinical presentation. While several treatment options have been described, the mainstay of treatment remains a staged revision with the use of a humeral antibiotic cement spacer. Such spacers are commercially available or can be made by hand. When an extended humeral osteotomy is required to remove a well-fixed long stem humeral component, it may be advantage… Show more

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