Instillation of continuous tube irrigation in the septic knee at arthroscopy

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A technique. Gainor BJ. x Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. [JC:dfy] (183):96-8, 1984 Mar. The arthroscope was employed to install a continuous closed tube x irrigation system in four septic knees in three patients who had complex x medical problems. This simple technique may be accomplished by the x orthopedic surgeon with limited arthroscopic expertise. In the open x drainage versus closed aspiration dilemma that surrounds the management of x septic arthritis, this semi-invasive procedure offers promise as an x alternative treatment in complicated cases of pyarthrosis of the knee. x