From: Reduced re-infection rates with postoperative oral antibiotics after two-stage revision hip arthroplasty
Study
Year
Number of hips
Success rate (%)
Garvin and Hanssen [14]
1995
423
91
Cierny and DiPasquale [7]
2002
43
88
Ammon and Stockley [1]
2004
57
86
Hoad-Reddick et al. [16]
2005
53
89
Cordero-Ampuero et al. [8]
2007
16
94
Stockley et al. [29]
2008
114
Present study
2010
No oral antibiotics
44
Oral antibiotics
23
100