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

Table 1 Data from primary total knee arthroplasty randomized controlled trials

Paper	AIBC group number of TKAs infected	Infection rate of AIBC group	Non-AIBC number of TKAs infected	Infection rate of non-AIBC group	Reason for procedure	Follow-up (mo)
Chiu et al[18], 2001	0/41	0	5/37	0.13514	Osteoarthritis	50
Vrabec et al[23], 2016	0/10	0	0/5	0	N/A	12
Chiu et al[19], 2002	0/178	0	5/162	0.03086	N/A	49
Lizaur-Utrilla et al[24], 2014	1/48	0.020833	0/45	0	Non-inflammatory arthritis	76.8
Nilsson et al[25], 1999	0/28	0	2/29	0.068966	Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis	60
Bercovy et al[26] , 2012	2/164	0.012195	1/157	0.006369	N/A	91.2
Hinarejos et al[20], 2013	20/1483	0.013486	20/1465	0.013652	N/A	38
McQueen et al[22], 1987	0/13	0	1/13	0.076923	Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis	24
McQueen et al[21], 1990	0/14	0	1/11	0.090909	Osteoarthritis	24
	Total: 23/1979 (1.16%)		Total: 35/1924 (1.82%)			Average: 47.2

AIBC: Antibiotic impregnated bone cement; TKA: Total knee arthroplasty.