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Complications of knee arthroscopy performed by rheumatologists
S Wollaston1, P Brion, A Kumar
1Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Objective:
To evaluate the complication rate of knee arthroscopy as performed by rheumatologists.
Methods:
A prospective study of complication rate in sequential patients having knee arthroscopies performed by rheumatologists at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) over an 8 year period.
Results:
A total of 342 knee arthroscopies were performed. There were 6 complications (1.8%), including one each of seizure, gout, portal cellulitis, ankle pain, inadequate knee drainage, and vasovagal symptoms. There was no longterm morbidity or mortality secondary to the procedures.
Conclusion:
Knee arthroscopy performed by experienced rheumatologists trained in arthroscopy has a low rate of complications, which are mostly minor.