Open AccessIncidence, Risk Factors, and Management of Infection Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery
Author(s) -
Ravi Gupta,
Munish Sood,
Anubhav Malhotra,
Gladson David Masih,
Mukta Raghav,
Tanu Khanna
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_379_17
Subject(s) - medicine , anterior cruciate ligament , anterior cruciate ligament injuries , incidence (geometry) , orthopedic surgery , surgery , physics , optics
Infection after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery (ACLRS) is a rare complication. Although there are number of studies from various Caucasian population but only few studies are available from Asian population. The aim of the study is to assess the incidence, risk factors and, clinical outcome using our treatment protocol.