vancomycin powder and betadine wash plus vancomycin powder had no differences in wound complication, superficial infection and deep periprosthetic joint infection rates after total joint replacement.

A Professor of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Mike Ogirima, has cautioned Nigerians against applying antibiotic powder on fresh wounds, noting that the ...

Topical vancomycin powder failed to reduce periprosthetic joint ... Overall complication data including wound and nonwound complications were available for six studies and showed no difference ...

"Vancomycin powder has shown sometimes an increased rate of wound complications, especially in total knee arthroplasty, though this may be related to the technique used and the joint involved." ...

The orthopedic surgery community should not use this paper to spearhead the use of vancomycin powder in every orthopedic wound without prospective, randomized, controlled trial evidence to support ...

(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing spinal procedures, the local application of vancomycin powder in surgical wounds does not significantly reduce the incidence of infection, according to a ...

VRE is a "hard-to-kill" bacteria due to its increasing antibiotic resistance and can cause serious infections, including urinary tract, bloodstream, and wound infections associated with catheters ...

VRE is a ‘hard-to-kill’ bacteria due to its increasing antibiotic resistance and can cause serious infections, including urinary tract, bloodstream, and wound infections associated with ...