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
2022
No Difference in Complication or Reoperation Rates Between Arthroscopic and Open Debridement for Lateral Epicondylitis: A National Database Study
Moran J, Gillinov SM, Jimenez AE, Schneble CA, Manzi JE, Vaswani R, Mathew JI, Nicholson AD, Kunze KN, Gulotta LV, Altchek DW, Dines JS. No Difference in Complication or Reoperation Rates Between Arthroscopic and Open Debridement for Lateral Epicondylitis: A National Database Study. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2022, 39: 245-252. PMID: 36049587, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2022.08.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArthroscopic debridementReoperation rateOpen debridementLateral epicondylitisPlatelet-rich plasma injectionExtensor carpi radialis brevisNational database studyRadial nerve injuryNonoperative treatment modalitiesSurgical site infectionCarpi radialis brevisCommon extensor tendonICD-10 codesCross-sectional studyLogistic regression analysisSignificant differencesOD cohortCorticosteroid injectionNonoperative treatmentPostoperative complicationsSepsis eventsAdverse eventsComplication rateNerve injurySite infection