Infection risk prevention following total knee arthroplasty.

Introduction: Implant infection is serious; prevention is mandatory, and requires assessment.The present study assessed the incidence of deep surgical-site infection (SSI) at 1 year following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and adherence to skin preparation, antibiotic prophylaxis,screening and prevention in case of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).

[Chronic instability of the ankle treated by reefing of the lateral ligament (author's transl)].

The authors have operated on 22 cases of chronic instability of the ankle. The anterior part of the lateral ligament was reinserted in the lateral malleolus. Only 18 patients were followed up.