It is important to know how to use prophylactic antibiotics in surgery, because that can decrease the wound infection rate after surgery and probable drug resistance. Many references indicated that The Total Joint Arthroplasty surgery to use prophylactic antibiotics if they have Prosthesis before. Our hospital is a regional hospital (685 beds) in central Taiwan. We have a team with rich experience Orthopaedic. Each year, Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR) were performed in exceed hundred patients. Our research aim to investigate and improve the use of prophylactic antibiotics in TKR and THR and expect that surgery team can be benchmark in our hospital. |
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