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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1956;38:1313-1320.
© 1956 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Acute Suppurative Arthritis

Melvin B. Watkins M.D.1, Robert L. Samilson M.D.1, and Daniel M. Winters M.D.1

1 New York Orthopaedic Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York

1. Acute suppurative arthritis should be treated on an emergency basis, and the diagnosis should be established by joint aspiration or exploratory arthrotomy if necessary.

2. Antibiotics should be withheld until aspiration has been performed.

3. Early diagnosis is the key to successful results.

4. Open drainage of an infected joint is the treatment of choice, particularly in pyarthrosis of the hip.


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