2024
Corticosteroid Injections Administered Within 4 Weeks Prior to Hip Arthroscopy Are Associated With Higher Rates of Postoperative Infection
Surucu S, Halperin S, Monahan P, Gillinov S, Lee M, Grauer J, Jimenez A. Corticosteroid Injections Administered Within 4 Weeks Prior to Hip Arthroscopy Are Associated With Higher Rates of Postoperative Infection. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2024, 40: 2381-2385.e1. PMID: 38311263, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2024.01.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical-site infectionIntra-articular corticosteroid injectionCorticosteroid injectionPostoperative infectionHip arthroscopyRate of surgical-site infectionPostoperative surgical-site infectionIncidence of postoperative infectionPresence of diabetes mellitusRate of postoperative infectionSurgical-site infection ratesRisk of postoperative infectionRate of wound dehiscenceHip corticosteroid injectionsMultivariate logistic regression analysisHip arthroscopy casesRetrospective comparative studyPreoperative corticosteroid injectionsHip arthroscopy surgeryAdministrative claims databaseLogistic regression analysisInfection rateCurrent Procedural TerminologyElixhauser Comorbidity IndexWound dehiscence
2023
Is there value in the routine practice of discarding the incision scalpel from the surgical field to prevent deep wound contamination with Cutibacterium acnes? An update
Shroff J, Hanna P, Levy B, Jimenez A, Grimm N, Cote M, Mazzocca A. Is there value in the routine practice of discarding the incision scalpel from the surgical field to prevent deep wound contamination with Cutibacterium acnes? An update. Journal Of Shoulder And Elbow Surgery 2023, 32: 1924-1928. PMID: 36967056, DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2023.02.130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitial skin incisionC acnesShoulder arthroplastyMedical comorbiditiesSkin incisionSingle fellowship-trained surgeonCutibacterium acnesReverse total shoulder arthroplastyPositive culture findingsTertiary referral hospitalBody mass indexConsecutive case seriesFellowship-trained surgeonsSkin preparation protocolTotal shoulder arthroplastyDevelopment of infectionTime of incisionPrevious pilot studyMale patientsPostoperative infectionReferral hospitalCase seriesMass indexPatient cohortPeriprosthetic infection