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#67 – Nixing the Nidus: Managing Retained Sources in Prosthetic Joint Infections

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Oral Versus IV Enochrobials for PGI?

Most patients are treated either with a two-stage exchange or with a dare, which is to breedment, antibiotics, and implant retention. We will typically treat anywhere from six to 12 weeks depending on the anticipated surgical plan. More and more people are getting sort of a destination spacer, which I can go into in a minute. And often this is playing out at my shop where our colleagues will put in one of these destinations spacers and tell us, you know, we're going to decide over the next couple months what kind of follow-up treatment they'll need.

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