Bursitis surgery
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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
Longitudinal iliotibial band (ITB) release alone and in combination with bursectomy, is a minimally invasive technique that may be result in a better outcome in refractory cases.[1]
References
- ↑ Lustenberger DP, Ng VY, Best TM, Ellis TJ (2011). "Efficacy of treatment of trochanteric bursitis: a systematic review". Clin J Sport Med. 21 (5): 447–53. doi:10.1097/JSM.0b013e318221299c. PMC 3689218. PMID 21814140.