ADD Lab Invited To AAOS Specialty Day
The ADD lab was invited to the Musculoskeletal Infection Society’s Specialty Day at the AAOS 2017 Annual Meeting in San Diego. Saturday March 18, 2017
The ADD lab was invited to the Musculoskeletal Infection Society’s Specialty Day at the AAOS 2017 Annual Meeting in San Diego. Saturday March 18, 2017
The AAD lab is a recipient of support from the OREF for new work looking at new ways to combat surgical infections.
Dr. Ma's publication explains how antibiotics are inadequate at complete removal of the biofilm from the surface of Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) materials. Results suggest that bacterial persisters are responsible for this phenotypic behavior allowing biofilm high tolerance to antibiotics.
Dr Urish talks about the importance of OREF in orthopaedic innovation.
The ADD lab is awarded funding from the MTF on biofilm dynamics on infected orthopaedic implants.