Alkalinization of local anaesthetic for intra-articular instillation during arthroscopy

Intra-articular steroids after arthroscopy for osteoarthritis of the knee.

Experience from clinical and medicolegal practice has led us to question whether it is still reasonable to supplement an arthroscopic lavage or debridement operation with an intraarticular injection of steroid. We do not suggest that this is common practice but it is clear from new cases seen, and from discussions with trainees, that it occurs sporadically in the UK. A survey in the Trent and Y...

Lavage drain extension for local anaesthetic instillation into abdominal wounds.

BACKGROUND A new device made by ThebeMedicare allows efficient local anaesthetic washout of wound areas, by utilising an attachment to an existing drain. The aim of this trial was to explore 'proof of concept' in patients undergoing abdominoplasty procedures. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-one patients who had undergone abdominoplasty procedures were selected for instillation of a local anaesthe...

Diagnostic Arthroscopy for Knee and Shoulder Intra - articular Injuries – Its

Hip arthroscopy: intra-articular saucerization of the acetabular cotyloid fossa.

Hip arthroscopy is increasingly recognized as a treatment option for patients with hip pain and labral tears. When emphasis is placed on labral tears as a primary clinical finding in the peripheral compartment, a broader view of the pathophysiology of these tears may be missed. Therefore, it is imperative to gain arthroscopic surgical access to the central compartment and determine if its conte...

Total hip replacement after intra-articular injection of local anaesthetic and steroid.

Intra-articular injections of steroid into the hip are used for a variety of reasons in current orthopaedic practice. Recently their safety prior to ipsilateral total hip replacement has been called into question owing to concerns about deep joint infection. We undertook a retrospective analysis of all patients who had undergone local anaesthetic and steroid injections followed by ipsilateral t...