Editorial Commentary: External Fixation and/or Vascular Injury Is Associated With Postoperative Arthrofibrosis After Multiple-Ligament Knee Injury Reconstruction

Patients with a body mass index over 30 do not have a significant increase in postoperative arthrofibrosis after multiple-ligament knee injury (MLKI) reconstruction compared with patients with a body mass index under 30. However, although this may be associated with the severity of injury, recent research has shown that patients who undergo external fixation at index surgery and/or who have vascular injury are at increased risk of requiring manipulation under anesthesia. This finding is clinically significant in that it is reassuring that stiffness requiring manipulation is no more likely to develop in obese patients than in non-obese patients after MLKI reconstruction.
Source: Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial Commentary Source Type: research