Debridement

CHICAGO — According to presented results, arthroscopic debridement is an equally effective surgical treatment for both degenerative osteoarthritis and posttraumatic arthritis of the elbow with positive midterm outcomes.

TAMPA, Fla. — Periprosthetic joint infection treated with debridement, antibiotics, irrigation and implant retention resulted in a three times higher failure rate than when these measures were used along with modular component exchange.

TAMPA, Fla. — Most adolescent patients with an osteochondritis dissecans lesion of the capitellum experienced satisfactory long-term functional and pain outcomes with arthroscopic debridement, according to results presented here.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021, Jack M. Bert, MD, speaks about articular cartilage repair.

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Wide exposure prior to thorough debridement is essential when treating Volkmann’s contracture, regardless of what the next steps to treat the patient might be, a presenter said at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.

DENVER — In elderly patients with high energy or fragility fractures of the pelvis, use of retrograde transpubic screws may yield good clinical results with lower or similar complication rates to alternative methods of anterior pelvic ring fixation, according to results presented at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting, here.

SAN FRANCISCO — Corneal irregularities and opacities should be diagnosed and treated before surgery, according to a speaker here.

DENVER — Delayed irrigation and debridement did not independently increase the risk of unplanned reoperation for infection or wound-related complications in patients with open extremity fractures, according to results presented here.