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

Table 2 Data from revision TKA RCTs

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)
Nelson et al[27], 1993	0/3	0	0/3	0	Previous infection	36
Chiu et al[17], 2009	0/93	0	7/90	7.78%	Osteoarthritis	89
	Total: 0/96 (0.00%)		Total: 7/93 (7.53%)			Average: 62.5

RCTs: Randomized controlled trials/studies; AIBC: Antibiotic impregnated bone cement; TKA: Total knee arthroplasty.