Arthroscopy and Antibiotics

In the current issue of Arthroscopy, readers will note the original scientific article by Jack Bert and his colleagues, entitled “Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Arthroscopy of the Knee: Is It Necessary?”1 Bert et al. deserve praise for addressing this important and controversial clinical issue. We commend the authors for their low infection rate, with or without the use of antibiotics, and we recognize that they address an unresolved issue. However, although they make a valuable contribution to the literature, we caution readers that, in our opinion, the question that they raise remains unanswered.