Authors: Denis Nam, Hongyi Shao, Maurilio Marcacci

RECOMMENDATION: Unknown. PAIs are an effective adjunct treatment for pain control following primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA), but their effectiveness and impact on the rates of SSIs/PJIs in the revision setting has not been investigated. The use of PAIs at the time of reimplantation can be performed at the surgeon’s discretion.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Limited

DELEGATE VOTE: Agree: 91%, Disagree: 5%, Abstain: 4% (Super Majority, Strong Consensus)

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