Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs

Minimally invasive needle arthroscopy versus conventional arthroscopy for treatment of bacterial knee arthritis: protocol of a pragmatic, multicenter, randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial (MINA-TRIAL)

Abstract Background Recent innovation offers the possibility for joint drainage under local anaesthesia for the treatment of bacterial arthritis of the native knee, using minimally invasive needle arthroscopy (MINA). Compared with conventional arthroscopy, MINA enables immediate...