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Antibiotic Loaded Bone Cement
How often do you currently use antibiotic-loaded bone cement in primary TKA?
- Routinely, in over 75% of patients
- Commonly, in 25 – 75% of patients
- Rarely, often in high-risk patients only
- Never
If you performed cemented hip arthroplasty / hemiarthroplasty, how often do you use antibiotic-loaded bone cement?
- Routinely, in over 75% of patients
- Commonly, in 25 – 75% of patients
- Rarely, often in high-risk patients only
- Never
- I do not utilize cement in hip replacement surgery
How often do you currently use antibiotic-loaded bone cement in aseptic cemented revision surgery?
- Routinely, in over 75% of patients
- Commonly, in 25 – 75% of patients
- Rarely, often in high-risk patients only
- Never
Do antibiotic elution kinetics factor in to your selection of a bone cement?
- Yes
- No
What antimicrobial or antimicrobial combination would you most like to see in a commercially available antibiotic loaded bone cement? (select all that apply)
- Daptomycin
- Gent/Tobra + Vancomycin
- Gent/Tobra + Clindamycin
- Gent/Tobra + Amphotericin B
- Other (please write out)
Other
Who do you think won the debate?
- PRO - Should be used in more than 30% of patients (Mike Reed)
- CON - Should be used in less than 30% of patients (Antonia Chen)
Will you change your practice because of this debate?
- Yes
- No
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How often do you currently use an antiseptic solution during primary total joint arthroplasty?
- Routinely in all patients
- In high-risk patients only
- On rare occasions
- Never
What antiseptic solution do you use most often?
- Betadine (povidone-iodine) from a sealed, sterile pack
- Betadine (povidone-iodine) from a bottle
- Diluted Chlorhexidine (Irrisept)
- Proprietary formulation (Bactisure, Prontosan)
- Dakin’s Solution
- Other (Please write out)
Other
What volume of fluid do you use for lavage?
- Less than 1 L
- 1 – 2 L
- 2 – 4 L
- More than 4 L of fluid
Do you use locally delivered antibiotics during primary surgery? (select all that apply)
- Yes, I add antibiotics (polymyxin, bacitracin) to the intraoperative irrigation
- Yes, I do administer topical vancomycin powder routinely
- Yes, I do administer topical vancomycin powder, but in high-risk patients only
- No, I do not use locally delivered antibiotics routinely during primary surgery
Who do you think won the debate?
- PRO - Antiseptic solutions should be used in all patients (Thorsten Seyler)
- CON - Antiseptic solutions should be used in high-risk patients only (Daniel Kendoff)
Will you change your practice because of this debate?
- Yes
- No
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Admixing Antibiotics
For primary joint replacement procedures, do you currently manually mix-in antibiotics into bone cement?
- Yes, routinely
- Yes, occasionally (e.g. adding vancomycin when a patient is an MRSA carrier)
- Yes, but on rare occasions
- Never
If you have been manually mixing tobramycin into bone cement, how are you dealing with the shortage across the United States?
- I have started using commercial antibiotic loaded bone cement
- I have started mixing in another antibiotic into bone cement
- I have began using topic vancomycin powder
- I have utilized another strategy not listed here
- Not applicable – I am not affected by the shortage or don’t routinely manually mix in antibiotics
Were you aware that liquid antibiotics could not be mixed into bone cement?
- Yes
- No
Were you aware that orthopedics surgeon assume product liability when antibiotics are manually mixed into bone cement?
- Yes
- No
Who do you think won the debate?
- PRO – Mixing antibiotics into cement is cost-saving and effective (Derek Amanatullah)
- CON – The risks of manually mixing antibiotics into cement outweigh the possible benefits (Jason Webb)
Will you change your practice because of this debate?
- Yes
- No
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