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Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Intraosseous concentrations of cefazolin in the two groups

From: Intraosseous concentration and inhibitory effect of different intravenous cefazolin doses used in preoperative prophylaxis of total knee arthroplasty

Parameters

IV cefazolin 1 g

IV cefazolin 2 g

P value

Cefazolin concentration at proximal tibia (µg/g)

21.4 ± 11.4

35.5 ± 5.1

0.007*

Cefazolin concentration at distal femur (µg/g)

22.6 ± 8.7

44.1 ± 25.8

0.016*

  1. * Significant difference
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