Pairing intrawound tobramycin with vancomycin powder was no better than vancomycin alone at preventing deep surgical site infections among patients with periarticular tibial fractures at high risk of ...

Adding an extra antibiotic powder doesn't further reduce a person's risk of infection during surgery to repair complex bone fractures, a new study says. People had about the same rate of post-surgery ...

Orthopedic surgeons commonly use vancomycin and tobramycin powder intraoperatively to reduce infection risk. A randomized trial showed that adding tobramycin was no better than vancomycin alone at ...