Table 3.

Comparison of infection rates in simple arthroscopy patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics, excluding bony procedures

Study name	Total patients	Patients receiving antibiotics	Patients not receiving antibiotics	No. of septic arthritis cases: Antibiotic group	No. of septic arthritis cases: No antibiotic group	Septic arthritis rate: Antibiotic group (%)	Septic arthritis rate: No antibiotic group (%)	P valuea
Bert et al[7]	2780	933	1847	1	3	0.11	0.16
Ghnmait et al[15]	180	90	90	0	0	0	0
Total	2960	1023	1937	1	3	0.1	0.15	0.69