ReviewOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2021
Risk of Infection in Knee Arthroscopy Patients Undergoing Corticosteroid Injections in the Perioperative Period.
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- Factors Associated With Surgical Site Infections in Adults Following a Replacement of Weight-Bearing Joints: A Systematic Review.International wound journal · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of intra-articular glucocorticoid injection for postoperative pain control after knee arthroscopy: a systematic review.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- Platelet-Rich Plasma Injections Do Not Improve the Recovery After Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.The American journal of sports medicine · 2024Trial
- Injections prior to hip arthroscopy are associated with increased risk of repeat hip arthroscopy at 1 and 5 years.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Article
- Systematic review of intraoperative corticosteroid injections and the risk of infection in arthroscopic surgery.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2024Review
- Intra-articular steroid injection at the time of knee arthroscopy increases risk of post-operative infection.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecent evidence suggests that there may be an increased risk of infection for patients undergoing a corticosteroid injection before, during, or after knee arthroscopy. PURPOSE: To systematically review the literature to evaluate the risk of postoperative infection in patients undergoing intra-articular corticosteroid injections (CSI) before, during, or after knee arthroscopy. STUDY
designSystematic review; Level of evidence, 3.
methodsA systematic review was performed by searching the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases to identify studies that evaluated the rate of postoperative infection in patients undergoing knee arthroscopy who received an intra-articular CSI during the perioperative period. The search phrase used was "knee AND arthroscopy AND injection AND (infection OR revision)." A subanalysis was also performed to analyze infection rates based on the timing of the corticosteroid injection in relation to arthroscopy.
resultsFour studies met the inclusion criteria, representing 11,925 patients undergoing knee arthroscopy with an intra-articular CSI administered during the perioperative period (mean follow-up, 5.3 months) and 247,329 patients without a corticosteroid injection during the perioperative period (mean follow-up, 5.9 months). Patients who received an injection experienced a statistically significantly higher rate of postoperative infection (2.2%) when compared with patients who did not receive an injection (1.1%;
conclusionPatients undergoing knee arthroscopy who receive an intra-articular CSI during the perioperative period can be expected to experience significantly higher postoperative infection rates when compared with patients not receiving an injection. Furthermore, patients receiving a corticosteroid injection pre- or intraoperatively may experience significantly higher rates of postoperative infection when compared with patients receiving an injection postoperatively.
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