Results of laboratory evaluation of acute knee effusion after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: What is found in patients with a noninfected, painful postoperative knee?

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2267-2272

  Paci, James M ^a   Schweizer, Scott K ^b   Wilbur, Danielle M ^c   Sutton, Levi G ^d   Werner, Frederick W ^d   Scuderi, Matthew G ^d   Cannizzaro, John P ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRIA Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction; arthrocentesis; hemarthrosis; septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORT INJURY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTHRALGIA; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; KNEE INJURIES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449292873     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510374573     Document Type: Article

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