ArticleKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2023
ESSKA and EBJIS recommendations for the management of infections after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R): prevention, surgical treatment and rehabilitation.
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- The effectiveness of arthroscopic irrigation and debridement in the management of septic arthritis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2025Pooled it
- Therapeutic Strategies and Clinical Outcomes of Infections Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Narrative Review.Orthopaedic surgery · 2026Review
- Post-operative septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction results in higher osteoarthritis severity and deficit of range of motion: A matched control analysis with a minimum 8-year follow-up.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Rare Infection with Precise Detection:Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2026Article
- Infection Following ACL Reconstruction: From Prevention to Treatment.The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2026Review
- Vancomycin-soaking of the graft significantly reduces the incidence of septic arthritis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: comparison of cohorts from the Single-Centre database.International orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Combination Antibiotic Therapy for Orthopedic Infections.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- No significant difference in skin contamination during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with and without preoperative skin cleaning.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Optimizing Vancomycin Soaking Protocols for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevention and Management of Postoperative Infection After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Assessing Residual Moisture After Sterilization as an Overlooked Source of Intraoperative Bacterial Contamination in Knee Intra-articular Reconstructions: Evaluating the Reliability of Routine Procedures and Tests.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- The in vitro elution characteristics of vancomycin from the ligament augmentation and reconstruction system.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Diagnosis and treatment of anterior cruciate ligament injuries: Consensus of Chinese experts part II: Graft selection and clinical outcome evaluation.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2024Article
- Nonanatomic Posteromedial Bundle Augmentation of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament after Hyperextension Trauma.Arthroscopy techniques · 2024Article
- Disability-adjusted life years from bone and joint infections associated with antimicrobial resistance: an insight from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study.International orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Native Joint Septic Arthritis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Infection after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Narrative Review of the Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Poorer patient-reported outcome and increased risk of revision at a 5-year follow-up among patients with septic arthritis following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a register-based cohort study of 23,075 primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeInfection after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL-R) is a rare but severe complication. Despite an increase in articles published on this topic over the last decade, solid data to optimized diagnostic and therapeutic measures are scarce. For this reason, the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) and the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) collaborated in order to develop recommendations for the diagnosis and management of infections after ACL-R. The aim of the workgroup was to perform a review of the literature and provide practical guidance to healthcare professionals involved in the management of infections after ACL-R.
methodsAn international workgroup was recruited to provide recommendations for predefined clinical dilemmas regarding the management of infections after ACL-R. MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and Scopus databases were searched for evidence to support the recommended answers to each dilemma.
resultsThe recommendations were divided into two articles. The first covers etiology, prevention, diagnosis and antimicrobial treatment of septic arthritis following ACL-R and is primarily aimed at infectious disease specialists. This article includes the second part of the recommendations and covers prevention of infections after ACL-R, surgical treatment of septic arthritis following ACL-R and subsequent postoperative rehabilitation. It is aimed not only at orthopedic surgeons, but at all healthcare professionals dealing with patients suffering from infections after ACL-R.
conclusionThese recommendations guide clinicians in achieving timely and accurate diagnosis as well as providing optimal management, both of which are paramount to prevent loss of function and other devastating sequelae of infection in the knee joint. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V.
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