Safety of total hip replacement following an intra-articular steroid hip injection--an audit |
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Authors: | Sankar Biju Seneviratne Shanaka Radha Sarkhel Rajeev Aysha Banaszkiewicz Paul |
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Affiliation: | Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. bijusankar@doctors.org.uk |
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Abstract: | The aim of this study was to determine the deep infection rates in patients who underwent a total hip replacement after having had a prior diagnostic steroid injection into the same hip. We identified and reviewed the case notes, relevant radiographs and microbiology reports of all patients who underwent a total hip replacement after a diagnostic steroid hip injection in our unit from 1 January 2007 to 31 April 2009. There were 40 patients. (10 males and 30 females) Their mean age was 68.4 (52-82) years. The mean time interval from the injection to the joint replacement was 6.2 (2-23) months. The mean follow-up was 23.2 (11-37) months. None of the patients in the study group developed a deep infection during this followup period. Diagnostic intra articular steroid and local anaesthetic injection prior to total hip replacement appears to be safe. |
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