Risk of Infection After Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty After Receipt of Multiple Corticosteroid or Hyaluronic Acid Injections.

Hayley E RaymondJoseph P BarberaKush C ShahNicole ZubizarretaHsin-Hui HuangJashvant PoeranDarwin D ChenCalin S MouchaBrett L Hayden

Published in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2023)

Patients receiving >2 injections before THA had higher odds of 90-day postoperative infection. This finding was not observed in TKA patients. These results suggest that the use of >2 injections within 2 years of THA should be avoided.

Keyphrases

hyaluronic acid
total knee arthroplasty
end stage renal disease
platelet rich plasma
ultrasound guided
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
patients undergoing
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
knee osteoarthritis