Diagnosis and treatment progress of joint infection after arthroscopic ACL reconstruction
OU Yongliang
HUANG Huayang
Abstract：Nowadays arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction has been used widely due to its good therapeutic efficacy, but the following joint infection after ACL reconstruction often causes destructive outcomes such as articular cartilage destruction, joint stiff and chronic osteomyelitis, which should be paid much attention for clinician. There existed varied of factors resulted in joint infection after arthroscopic ACL reconstruction with non-unified diagnosis standards. Early diagnosis and reasonable choice of therapeutic protocol are of important significance for enhancing ligament reservation rate and joint stability. Once given incorrect or delayed treatment, the rehabilitation of joint function would not be very ideal. Current situation and research hot spots of epidemiology, etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of joint infection after arthroscopic ACL reconstruction were reviewed in this paper.
Keywords：ArthroscopyAnterior cruciate ligamentKnee jointArthritisinfectiousEpidemiologyDiagnosisInfection controlRecovery of function
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 108-113 )