Your specialty Our products Why Biocomposites? Education Library News & Events Contact us Home Library Transform infected revision arthroplasty International Transform infected revision arthroplasty Courtesy of Mr Ramasubramanian Dharmarajan, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cumbria, UK Products: STIMULAN® Clinical particulars 59-year-old female patient presented with infected well fixed total knee replacement two years after primary total knee replacement surgery. This was an acute presentation with all clinical features of infection with samples testing positive for Group B Streptococcus. Treatment First stage – radical debridement, implant removal and insertion of antibiotic-loaded cement spacer and STIMULAN beads. Vancomycin was used to treat the infection. Second stage – At 10 weeks, clinically soft tissues were healthy and intra-operative specimens were clear for organisms. Rotating hinge prosthesis was re-implanted. Outcome At 1 year follow-up the patient remains infection free and is under regular follow-up. Note: See STIMULAN page for regulatory statements. MA0076R4 Library Listed below are 4 of the most relevant articles for this piece but there is much more to explore on our Library page. Explore Library STIMULAN®, genex® Comparative osteoconductivity of bone void fillers with antibiotics in a critical size bone defect model Rema A. Oliver, Vedran Lovric, Chris Christou, William R. Walsh. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine (2020) 31:80. View paper > STIMULAN® Intramedullary reaming and irrigation and antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate implantation for the treatment of infection after intramedullary nailing: a retrospective study of 19 cases Hong-An Zhang, Chun-Hao Zhou, Xiang-Qing Meng, Jia Fang & Cheng-He Qin. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders volume 21, Article number: 710 (2020). View paper > STIMULAN® Transform Infected Femur View case study > STIMULAN® A novel treatment approach to infected nonunion of long bones without systemic antibiotics Masrouha, K.Z., M.E. Raad, and S.S. Saghieh. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr, 2018. View paper > Your specialty Musculoskeletal infection Trauma Spine Sports injuries Our products STIMULAN® genex® Biosteon® Allogran-R® Bilok® Why Biocomposites? News & Events Contact us Education Biofilm Infected fractures Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) Wound closure Our company COVID19 risk assessment Legal notices Sitemap Privacy statement Code of conduct Modern slavery statement Section 172 statement LinkedIn Twitter ©2021, Biocomposites. All rights reserved.