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Title: | Perioperative steroid injection in elbow arthroscopy | Authors: | Vanderstappen, M. VAN Melkebeke, L. DUERINCKX, Joris CAEKEBEKE, Pieter |
Issue Date: | 2024 | Publisher: | ACTA MEDICA BELGICA | Source: | Acta orthopaedica belgica (Ed. bilingue), 90 (1) , p. 67 -71 | Abstract: | The goal of the present study was to evaluate the incidence of infection after perioperative intra-articular steroid injection during elbow arthroscopy. Starting from May 2019, we prospectively included all patients that underwent an elbow arthroscopy for various indications. All patients received preoperative antibiotics intravenously and a corticosteroid injection immediately after portal closure. Patients who needed ligamentous repair and aged below 18 years old were excluded. Final follow up of all patients was 3 months. In total, 108 elbow arthroscopies were performed in 100 patients. No major complications and 1 minor complication were seen. One patient developed a seroma that resolved spontaneously after 14 days without intervention or antibiotics. In this patient group, a perioperative corticosteroid injection following elbow arthroscopy did not increase the chance of infection. | Notes: | Caekebeke, P (corresponding author), Hosp Oost Limburg, Dept Orthopaed & Traumatol, Genk, Belgium. pieter.caekebeke@zol.be |
Keywords: | elbow;arthroscopy;corticoid;steroid;infection | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/43228 | ISSN: | 0001-6462 | e-ISSN: | 0001-6462 | DOI: | 10.52628/90.1.12493 | ISI #: | 001223645600024 | Rights: | This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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