Journal article
How Effective is a Saline Arthrogram for Wounds Around the Knee?
Abstract
Traumatic arthrotomies may predispose patients to subsequent septic arthritis and therefore are regarded as serious injuries requiring emergent treatment. The saline arthrogram is a commonly used test to determine if a patient has a traumatic arthrotomy. We determined the sensitivity of the saline arthrogram to identify known intraarticular wounds in 78 patients (80 knees) undergoing elective arthroscopic procedures. There were 66 infrapatellar …
Authors
Tornetta P; Boes MT; Schepsis AA; Foster TE; Bhandari M; Garcia E
Journal
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®, Vol. 466, No. 2, pp. 432–435
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
February 2008
DOI
10.1007/s11999-007-0006-5
ISSN
0009-921X