Analysis of postoperative complications following elective arthroscopic surgeries of the knee- a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since their introduction, arthroscopic procedures have been increasingly utilized for the treatment of knee pathologies, especially Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Reduction of post-operative morbidity, shortened hospital stay and recovery period have all been identified as the benefits of arthroscopy. However, despite tremendous increase in the number of these procedures done, the postoperative complications associated have been infrequently analyzed. Hence, we performed this study to analyze the perioperative complications of arthroscopic ACL reconstruction.

Materials & methods

We performed a retrospective case control study from our hospital database from the cases performed in July 2015 to December 2016. We included 20 cases who developed post

SUBMITTER: Nair RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9142390 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature