Arthro-Broström with endoscopic retinaculum augmentation using all-inside lasso-loop stitch techniques.

Background: There is still some controversy about the augmentation of the inferior extensor retinaculum after arthroscopic anterior talofibular ligament repair. The aim of this study was to evaluate the novel arthro-Broström procedure with endoscopic retinaculum augmentation using all-inside lasso-loop stitch techniques for chronic lateral ankle instability.

Methods: Thirty-four cases with grade-2 or grade-3 chronic anterior talofibular ligament lesions who underwent the novel arthro-Broström procedure with endoscopic retinaculum augmentation using all-inside lasso-loop stitch techniques were assessed retrospectively.

[DISTRIBUTION AND DRUG SENSITIVITY OF PATHOGENS IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION AFTER PRIMARY TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY].

Objective: To provide the evidence for diagnosis and treatment of the complication by describing the distribution and drug sensitivity of pathogens in patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI) after primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Methods: Between January 2003 and June 2013, 65 cases (65 knees) with PJI after primary TKA were treated. There were 28 males and 37 females with an average age of 63.

[Clinical characters of culture-negative prosthetic joint infection].

Objective: To explore the clinical characters and histopathologic differences between patients with culture-positive and culture-negative prosthetic joint infection (PJI).

Methods: Between January 2012 and July 2013, 66 PJI patients in accord with diagnostic criteria were enrolled. According to the results of preoperative aspiration and intraoperative cultures, the patients were divided into culture-negative group (CN group, n = 21) and culture-positive group (CP group, n = 45).