Table 2 Arthroscopic staging; Gaechter [24]
From: Septic arthritis as a severe complication of elective arthroscopy:clinical management strategies
Stage I |
|---|
- turbis synovial |
- redness of synovial membrane |
- petechial bleeding |
- no radiographic changes |
Stage II |
- severe inflammation with fibrin clots |
- pus |
- no radiographic changes |
Stage III |
- swelling of synovial membrane |
- formation of compartments |
- no radiographic changes |
Stage IV |
- Pannus with infiltration of cartilage |
- subchondral osteolysis |
- bony erosions and cysts |