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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Depends on what you mean by long term. If he has osteo, he'll get at least six weeks of IV antibiotics. If they already placed hardware, his infection risk goes up substantially because the surfaces are, for lack of a better term, sticky.
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In the dental field they've started working with different coatings for implants to try and reduce this. Usually dental follows medical so I'm guessing they're doing it there as well.
Either way, it's a long recovery.