Arthroscopic irrigation and debridement in the treatment of septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Saper, Michael; Stephenson, Kyle; Heisey, Meredith

doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2014.02.015

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Arthroscopic irrigation and debridement in the treatment of septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

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Authors:

Michael Saper

Kyle Stephenson

Meredith Heisey

Abstract

PURPOSE: To systematically review the literature and characterize the success and failure rates of arthroscopic irrigation and debridement (I & D) in the treatment of septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions. We also aimed to identify which variables affected the failu...

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