Return to sports activity after postoperative septic arthritis in ACL reconstruction

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 69-76

  Monaco, Edoardo ^a   Maestri, Barbara ^a   Vadalà, Antonio ^a   Iorio, Raffaele ^a   Ferretti, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Physical activity; Reconstruction; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SPORT; WOUND IRRIGATION; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETREATMENT; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650318478     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.10.1810     Document Type: Article

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