Limit the amount of beads, nice closure (multi-layer if possible), and use of drains. It is not fool proof, and despite the issues we have with CaSu, we still use them for atb delivery in cases where the risk of infection in a colonized tissue bed is greater than the problems of CaSu.
Bruce H. Ziran, M.D.
Director of Orthopaedic Trauma
St. Elizabeth Health Center
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine
