Major complication following minor outpatient procedure: osteonecrosis of the knee after intraarticular injection of cortisone for treatment of knee arthritis

P I Kontovazenitis; K A Starantzis; P N Soucacos

Major complication following minor outpatient procedure: osteonecrosis of the knee after intraarticular injection of cortisone for treatment of knee arthritis

J Surg Orthop Adv. 2009 Spring;18(1):42-4.

Authors

P I Kontovazenitis¹, K A Starantzis, P N Soucacos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece. [email protected]

PMID: 19327266

Abstract

This report describes an 80-year-old woman who underwent intraarticular steroid treatment for her arthritic knee and ended up with avascular necrosis of her medial femoral condyle. This rare complication should alert all clinicians that even minor procedures such as arthrocentesis may result in complications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects*
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
Cortisone / administration & dosage
Cortisone / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Injections, Intra-Articular / adverse effects
Osteoarthritis, Knee / drug therapy*
Osteonecrosis / chemically induced*
Osteonecrosis / surgery

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Cortisone