OPERATIVE PROCEDURE: The patient was brought to the operating room after
suitable general anesthesia. She was placed supine on the OR table. The
right leg was sterilely prepped, draped, exsanguinated and placed in a leg
holder. The thigh tourniquet was inflated. The two anterior portals were
created. At the start of the first portal, we collected directly from the
intraarticular space through the arthroscopic scope cannula approximately
25 mL of purulent material that was sent to the lab in a sterile container
for gram stain culture and sensitivity. The rest of the joint was
arthroscoped, it was full of cloudy fluid. We lavaged the knee with a
total of 9 liters of saline. The knee was flushed a number of times.
Halfway through the course of irrigation, the fluid was clear. Instruments
and fluid were removed. The knee was filled with 20 mL of 0.5% Naropin and
the two portals were closed with an interrupted nylon suture. The medial
portal first had a 0.25 inch Penrose drain placed. The intraarticular
findings during the arthroscopic procedure showed erythematous synovium,
some inflamed hypertrophic synovium that was removed. The joint surfaces
and the menisci were in good condition. Sterile dressing was applied. The
patient was awakened and taken to recovery in satisfactory condition having
sustained no intraoperative complications.
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the right leg was sterile prep draped exsanguinated and placed in leg holder. The2 parapatellar portals were used the intra articular findings were there was diffuse synovitis were there diffuse synovitis throughout the kneww. there was a communuted tearing of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus degenerative in nature. Through about the medial compartment the articular surface was very friable. The medial femoral condyle had a flap articular tears. a large partial posterior horn medial meniscectomy was performed and a chrondroplasty performed of the medical femoral condyle. anteriorly the knee in the intercondylar notch are had extensive synovitis. In debriding this there was also a fibrotic transverse band. both were removed. the cruciate ligaments were intact but hypermic. there was difficult time seen in the good condition and therefore after several attempts further attempts at seen in the lateral compartment were deemed to be counterproductive. the anterior compartment showed extensice chondromalacia changes of the patella and the troclear groove both a grade 3 nature that on the trochlear groove was a deep grade 3 nature . both areas were debrided with a chondrotome to remove the loose and frayed. the gutters showed hypertrophic synovium. knee was 3 arthroscope several times no further issues were identified. the knee was filled with 20 ml of 0.5 naropin and kenalog. the 2 port we closed with glue
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