Authors: Young-Kyun Lee, Bülent Atilla, Andrew Battenberg
RECOMMENDATION: Preoperative symptomatic UTIs should be treated/eradicated with appropriate antibiotics prior to elective total joint arthroplasty (TJA).
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Limited
DELEGATE VOTE: Agree: 97%, Disagree:2%, Abstain: 1% (Unanimous, Strongest Consensus)
RATIONALE:
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