Should antibiotics be administered before arthroscopic knee surgery? A systematic review of the literature.
CONCLUSION: Prophylactic antibiotics are effective in preventing septic arthritis following simple knee arthroscopy. In procedures involving graft implantation, graft soaking reduces the rate of infection.
PMID: 30479973 [PubMed]
Source: World Journal of Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: World J Orthop Source Type: research
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