Editorial Commentary: Synovial Fluid White Blood Cell Is the Gold Standard to Detect Infection After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Don’t Hesitate to Aspirate

Infection after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction can have devastating consequences, including potential graft loss, arthrofibrosis, chondral destruction or chondrolysis, and secondary osteoarthritis. Early detection aggressive management are imperative to improve the chances of infection eradication, retention, decrease risk loss. One must a high index suspicion not shy away from working up possible infection. Synovial fluid aspiration cell count, specifically white blood is gold standard diagnose postoperative