ICM document update: Russian translation completed

Welcome to the blog of International Consensus Meeting for Periprosthetic Joint Infections.

By Dr. Edward Schwarz Musculoskeletal infections (MSKI) remain the bane of orthopaedic surgery, resulting in grievous illness and inordinate costs that threaten healthcare systems. As prevention, diagnosis and treatment remain largely unchanged over the last fifty years, a 2nd International Consensus Meeting on MSKI (ICM 2018) was completed on July 25-27, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA,…

Four versus six weeks of antibiotic therapy for osteoarticular infections after implant removal: a randomized trial. Benkabouche M, Racloz G, Spenchbach H, Lipsky BA, Gaspoz JM, Uçkay I. J Antimicrob Chemother 2019 May 18. Doi: 10.1093/jac/dkz202. Summary and editorial by Dr. Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker For several decades, osteoarticular infections after implant removal have been treated with…

ICM Chinese translation is available online at the following link ICM Chinese document

Dear Delegates, For those of you who may be attending the AAOS next week, we wanted to let you know that copies of the ICM book will be distributed during the ICM symposium to be held on Thursday 6-7:30 PM at Titan Room Venetian(sponsored by Convatec) and also another symposium on the same day from…

ICM document Spanish translation is completed. It is available online at the following link. ICM document Spanish translation