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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Venkata Sivakrishna Kumar Pulivarthi M.B.B.S [2]

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Historical Perspective

  • First case of septic arthritis described in literature by Walter Whitehead in 1902, as "The open method of treating exceptional cases of septic arthritis of the knee".[1]
  • An experimental and clinical Study on arthritis deformans described by Nathan PW in 1917.[2]
  • Surgical management of septic arthritis by By Captain W. Rankin in 1917.[3]
  • A. Mackenzie Forbes, described first case of septic arthritis in infant in 1923.[4]

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