The Effect of Aspiration and Corticosteroid Injection After ACL Injury on Postoperative Infection Rate.

William A CantrellCharles L CoxCarrie JohnsonNancy ObuchowskiGreg StrnadDane SwinehartSercan YalcinKurt P Spindler

Published in: The American journal of sports medicine (2023)

Postinjury and preoperative aspiration and CSI is a safe intervention that can be used before ACLR. Future studies with larger sample sizes, longer patient follow-ups, and multiple surgeons would be helpful to both better understand infection risk and better identify the influence of CSI on preventing posttraumatic osteoarthritis.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
patients undergoing
randomized controlled trial
rheumatoid arthritis
quality improvement
current status
thoracic surgery