ArticleShoulder & elbow2021
The risk of early infection following intra-articular corticosteroid injection following shoulder arthroplasty.
Article in Shoulder & elbow, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- From Physicochemical Properties to Rehabilitation Outcomes: Understanding Corticosteroid Injection Adverse Effects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Management of post-arthroplasty pain: a narrative review of emerging interventional treatments.Pain management · 2025Review
- 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
- Comparison of Intra-articular Knee Injection of Corticosteroid between Hemodialysis and Non-hemodialysis Patients.JMA journal · 2023Article
- The painful shoulder arthroplasty: appropriate work-up and review of interventional pain treatments.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThere is little literature examining the association of corticosteroid injections into shoulders with a pre-existing arthroplasty. The aim of the current study was to determine the risk of early infection following intra-articular corticosteroid injection into a pre-existing shoulder arthroplasty.
methodsThe PearlDiver database was retrospectively reviewed to identify patients with a pre-existing shoulder arthroplasty from 2007 to 2017. Patients with an ipsilateral shoulder corticosteroid injection in the postoperative period were identified. A control group of patients without an injection was matched 4:1 by age, gender, and postoperative timepoint. Periprosthetic infection within six months after the injection was then assessed and compared using a logistic regression analysis.
resultsNine hundred and fifty-eight patients were identified who underwent a postoperative corticosteroid injection into a pre-existing shoulder arthroplasty and compared to 3832 control patients. After controlling for demographics, comorbidities, and procedure type, the rate of infection in patients who received a postoperative corticosteroid injection (1.77%) was significantly higher than control patients who did not receive an injection (0.91%) (OR 1.98 (95% CI 1.31-2.98), p = 0.0253).
conclusionsThere is a significant association between intra-articular shoulder corticosteroid injections in patients with pre-existing shoulder arthroplasties and prosthetic joint infection compared to matched controls without postoperative injections. STUDY
designLevel III, retrospective cohort study.
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