Arthroscopic versus open irrigation and debridement in native knee septic arthritis: A retrospective review.

Native knee septic arthritis can be treated with a single surgery in the majority of cases. In our sample, there was an increased odds of reoperation in those treated arthroscopically compared to open, though this finding was not statistically significant. We found longer length of stay for patients undergoing arthroscopic rather than open irrigation and debridement - even after controlling for multiple operations, culture status, sex, age, and comorbidities.