ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2011
Septic arthritis of the knee: presentation of a novel irrigation-suction system tested in a cadaver study.
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- Comparison of open arthrotomy versus arthroscopic surgery for the treatment of septic arthritis in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International orthopaedics · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of the results of medical approach and surgical approach of septic arthritis in native joints: a single-center retrospective study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Arthroscopic Debridement Enhanced by Intra-Articular Antibiotic-Loaded Calcium Sulphate Beads for Septic Arthritis of a Native Knee Following Iatrogenic Joint Injection: A Case Report.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Complete Arthroscopic Synovectomy in Management of Recalcitrant Septic Arthritis of the Knee Joint.Arthroscopy techniques · 2017Article
- Septic arthritis in the native joint.Current infectious disease reports · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe established treatment for bacterial arthritis of the knee joint is arthroscopic surgery with irrigation and debridement. The aim of this article is to summarize the relevant data in treating bacterial arthritis of the knee joint, and based on these findings to present a novel irrigation suction system, tested in a cadaver study, as an additional tool in the postoperative treatment phase of arthroscopic surgery for knee joint infections.
methodThe novel automated irrigation-suction system presented here was compared to conventional continuous suction irrigation in a total of six knee joints. All knee joints were filled with 80 ml methylene blue stain and rinsed by two different methods. Fluid specimens were taken after ten and twenty minutes to be compared by photometric extinction measurement at a wave length of 500 nm.
resultsAfter ten minutes, the average extinction was e(1C) = 0.8 for the continuous suction irrigation and e(1N) = 0.4 for the novel irrigation-suction system. After twenty minutes, we recorded an average extinction of e(2C) = 0.3 for continuous suction irrigation and e(2N) = 0.001 for the novel irrigation-suction system. The students t-test revealed superior results after ten and twenty minutes of washing out the knee joints with a p < 0.001 for the novel irrigation-suction system.
conclusionA novel irrigation-suction system may be an effective tool for postoperative knee joint irrigation in arthroscopic therapy for bacterial arthritis of the knee. Further animal studies are needed to verify the effects in vivo.
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