Antibiotic bone cement’s effect on infection rates in primary and revision total knee arthroplasties

AIM: To compare infection rates in primary and revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures using antibiotic impregnated bone cement (AIBC) to those rates in procedures not using AIBC. METHODS: a non-AIBC control group; and (10) articles that were published before 1985. No statistically significant differences existed in Knee Society Scores, Hospital for Special Surgery Scores, or Loosening Rates. CONCLUSION: AIBC did not have a significant effect on primary TKA infection rates. AIBC did have a significant effect on revision TKA infection rates.