17 August 2021: Clinical Research
Effects of Temperature and Volume of Intraoperative Normal Saline Irrigation on Postoperative Pain, Swelling, and Serum Markers of Inflammation in Patients After Elective, Arthroscopic, Single-Bundle Surgical Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: A Retrospective, Single-Center Study
Chen Wang 1AE , Pu Yang 1BCD , Dongfang Zhang 1BCD , In-Ho Jeon 2F , Tengbo Yu 1F , Yingze Zhang 1F , Chao Qi 1AF*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.930954
Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e930954
Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of 716 patients after arthroscopic single-bundle surgical reconstruction of the ACL performed under general anesthesia.
| Sex | Age (x±s) | BMI (x±s, kg/m2) | Operative side | ACL injury classification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Left | Right | Grade II | Grade III | |||
| Non-irrigation | 65 | 74 | 39.8±5.0 | 23.0±1.3 | 66 | 73 | 99 | 40 |
| 1-L irrigation | 70 | 73 | 40.5±4.9 | 23.2±1.2 | 72 | 71 | 112 | 31 |
| 3-L irrigation | 67 | 80 | 39.6±5.4 | 23.2±1.6 | 69 | 78 | 108 | 39 |
| Constant temperature | 65 | 77 | 40.5±5.1 | 23.2±1.2 | 60 | 82 | 97 | 45 |
| Cold temperature | 71 | 74 | 40.2±5.5 | 23.3±1.2 | 75 | 70 | 110 | 35 |
| P value | 0.959 | 0.473 | 0.437 | 0.572 | 0.348 | |||
| ACL – anterior cruciate ligament; BMI – body mass index. | ||||||||