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[[Surgical intervention]] is not recommended for the management of bursitis. However, surgical techniques include bursectomy are usually reserved for complicated septic bursitis. | [[Surgical intervention]] is not recommended for the management of bursitis. However, surgical techniques include bursectomy are usually reserved for complicated septic bursitis. | ||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of bursitis. However, | Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of bursitis. However, bursectomy may be 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 [[aspiration|needle aspiration]] | **Inability to drain the infected bursa effectively with [[aspiration|needle aspiration]] | ||
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**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]] | ||
===Trochanteric bursitis=== | |||
iliotibial band (ITB) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
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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, bursectomy may be 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
Trochanteric bursitis
iliotibial band (ITB)