Purpose (1) To compare the incidence of post-operative septic arthritis following anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) between patients receiving routine pre-operative …

Septic arthritis develops after less than 1% of all arthroscopy procedures. The clinical
symptoms may resemble those seen after uncomplicated arthroscopy, raising diagnostic …

Background: An intra-articular infection after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
(ACLR) is a rare complication but one with potentially devastating consequences. The rare …

The gold standard of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries is currently single-bundle
autograft reconstruction. However, many disadvantages of reconstructive surgery exist, such …

Background This clinical guideline presents recommendations for the management of
patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, endorsed by the Japanese Orthopaedic …

Background: Presoaking anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) grafts in vancomycin has been
reported to reduce the occurrence of septic arthritis (SA). However, strong recommendations …

Background: Although the infection rates for bone–patellar tendon–bone autograft (BTB),
hamstring tendon autograft (HT), and allograft have been reported previously, there are …

Introduction Although there is increasing evidence for the successful use of local
vancomycin applied by soaked compresses during ACL reconstruction, there are still little …

Purpose Infection 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 …

Purpose To compare the effect of vancomycin presoak treatment of grafts during anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction on the incidence of postoperative infection or septic arthritis …