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==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
[[Surgical intervention]] is not recommended for the management of bursitis. However, surgical techniques include bursectomy are usually reserved for some cases of septic bursitis. | [[Surgical intervention]] is not recommended for the management of bursitis. However, surgical techniques include bursectomy are usually reserved for some cases of septic bursitis. | ||
Indications for [[surgical intervention]] in patients with septic bursitis include: | *Indications for [[surgical intervention]] in patients with septic bursitis include: | ||
*Inability to drain the infected bursa effectively with needle aspiration | **Inability to drain the infected bursa effectively with needle aspiration | ||
*Presence of a foreign body in superficial bursa, | **Presence of a foreign body in superficial bursa, | ||
*Adjacent skin or soft tissue infection requiring debridement | **Adjacent skin or soft tissue infection requiring debridement | ||
*Critically ill patients who are immunocompromised | **Critically ill patients who are immunocompromised | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]
Overview
Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of bursitis. However, surgical techniques include bursectomy are usually reserved for complicated septic bursitis.
Surgery
Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of bursitis. However, surgical techniques include bursectomy are usually reserved for some cases of septic bursitis.
- Indications for surgical intervention in patients with septic bursitis include:
- Inability to drain the infected bursa effectively with needle aspiration
- Presence of a foreign body in superficial bursa,
- Adjacent skin or soft tissue infection requiring debridement
- Critically ill patients who are immunocompromised