American Journal of Sports Medicine
AJSM December 2023 Podcast: The Effect of Aspiration and Corticosteroid Injection After ACL Injury on Postoperative Infection Rate
06 Dec 2023
Injecting bioactive substances into the knee is common in orthopaedic practice, and recently it has been shown to mitigate risk factors for posttraumatic osteoarthritis. Therefore, understanding the influence of these injections on postoperative infection rate is imperative. In conclusion, 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. Click here to read the article.
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