title: Arthroscopic treatment of septic arthritis of the hip.
abstract: Arthroscopic debridement and drainage was done in 10 patients with septic arthritis of the hip. Staphylococcus aureus was the most commonly identified organism. All patients were placed in the supine position on a fracture table and three arthroscopic portals were used during the procedure. No major complication related to the arthroscopy of the hip resulted. The average followup was 4 years 11 months. All patients had excellent results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Nam-Hong
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sang-Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Linton
authors.forename: Hui-Wan
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003646:Debridement; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors