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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Transection and Synovial Fluid Lavage in a Rodent Model to Study Joint Inflammation and Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis
Published on: September 2, 2025
Devastating femoral osteomyelitis after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
M Frank1, U Schmucker, S David
1Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Clinical Research, Unfallkrankenhaus, Berlin, Germany. matthias.frank@uni-greifswald.de
Abstract:
Osteomyelitis following arthroscopic assisted anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction has not been reported in literature. We describe an aggressive progression of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis leading to the complete destruction of the condylar region in a young non-immunosuppressed patient after reconstruction of the ACL. In addition we discuss the steps in diagnostics and our salvage procedures.