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ArticleJournal of orthopaedic case reports

Retained Drain after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery : A Silent Threat to an Athlete's Career: A Case Report.

Ravi Gupta, Anubhav Malhotra, Munish Sood, Gladson David Masih

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Article in Journal of orthopaedic case reports. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A forgotten retained drain inside a knee for 10 years: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ravi GuptaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Anubhav MalhotraDepartment of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Munish SoodDepartment of Orthopaedics, Trained in Arthroscopy Command Hospital, Chandi Mandir, Panchkula, Haryana, India.
Gladson David MasihDepartment of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Government Medical College and Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionBreaking of surgical drain during the removal and retention of broken drain fragment is an avoidable complication. Such a complication brings disrepute to the operating team and causes psychological as well as further surgical trauma to the patient as a return to the operating room is required many a times to remove the retained drain fragment. CASE REPORT: We report a case of an undetected retained drain fragment inside the knee joint of a 24-year-old male international kabaddi player, who remained asymptomatic for 5 months, when the residual drain fragment was removed arthroscopically. No such case has been reported earlier in the literature after arthroscopic surgery.

conclusionRetained drain fragment after arthroscopic surgery can stay silent for months. Hence, a high index of suspicion should be maintained by surgeons to detect such a complication at the earliest. We suggest that every arthroscopic surgeon should follow a standard protocol while inserting and removing the drain to avoid this mistake.

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anterior cruciate ligament injuryRetained drainsports player

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PMID29181343
PMCPMC5702693
OpenAlexW3024804423

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