SSI risk factors after ACL reconstruction

Editor's Note

The overall risk for deep wound surgical site infections (SSIs) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is low, but it varies by graft type, this study finds.

Of 1,452 patients included in the study, 55 had deep wound infections. Infection risk was highest for hamstring autograft (2.5%), compared with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft (0.6%), and allograft (0.5%) recipients.

a1 Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts a2 Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland a3 Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and