Intra-Operative Corticosteroid Injection During Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of intra-operative subacromial corticosteroid injections in patients undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery on quality of life scores and activity level when compared to a control group.

Timeline

Start

2016-03

Primary completion

2020-04

Completion

2020-04

Publications

• Background Bhattacharjee DP, Biswas C, Haldar P, Ghosh S, Piplai G, Rudra JS. Efficacy of intraarticular dexamethasone for postoperative analgesia after arthroscopic knee surgery. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Jul;30(3):387-90. doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.137273.
• Background Kim YJ, Lee GY, Kim DY, Kim CH, Baik HJ, Heo S. Dexamathasone added to levobupivacaine improves postoperative analgesia in ultrasound guided interscalene brachial plexus blockade for arthroscopic shoulder surgery. Korean J Anesthesiol. 2012 Feb;62(2):130-4. doi: 10.4097/kjae.2012.62.2.130. Epub 2012 Feb 20.
• Background Stan T, Goodman EJ, Bravo-Fernandez C, Holbrook CR. Adding methylprednisolone to local anesthetic increases the duration of axillary block. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2004 Jul-Aug;29(4):380-1. doi: 10.1016/j.rapm.2004.03.006. No abstract available.
• Background Attardi B, Takimoto K, Gealy R, Severns C, Levitan ES. Glucocorticoid induced up-regulation of a pituitary K+ channel mRNA in vitro and in vivo. Recept Channels. 1993;1(4):287-93.
• Background Singelyn FJ, Lhotel L, Fabre B. Pain relief after arthroscopic shoulder surgery: a comparison of intraarticular analgesia, suprascapular nerve block, and interscalene brachial plexus block. Anesth Analg. 2004 Aug;99(2):589-92, table of contents. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000125112.83117.49.
• Background Cancienne JM, Gwathmey FW, Werner BC. Intraoperative Corticosteroid Injection at the Time of Knee Arthroscopy Is Associated With Increased Postoperative Infection Rates in a Large Medicare Population. Arthroscopy. 2016 Jan;32(1):90-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2015.09.003. Epub 2015 Nov 6.
• Background Arroll B, Goodyear-Smith F. Corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis of the knee: meta-analysis. BMJ. 2004 Apr 10;328(7444):869. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38039.573970.7C. Epub 2004 Mar 23.
• Background Koyonos L, Yanke AB, McNickle AG, Kirk SS, Kang RW, Lewis PB, Cole BJ. A randomized, prospective, double-blind study to investigate the effectiveness of adding DepoMedrol to a local anesthetic injection in postmeniscectomy patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Am J Sports Med. 2009 Jun;37(6):1077-82. doi: 10.1177/0363546508331204. Epub 2009 Mar 11.
• Background Highgenboten CL, Jackson AW, Meske NB. Arthroscopy of the knee. Ten-day pain profiles and corticosteroids. Am J Sports Med. 1993 Jul-Aug;21(4):503-6. doi: 10.1177/036354659302100404.
• Background Armstrong RW, Bolding F. Septic arthritis after arthroscopy: the contributing roles of intraarticular steroids and environmental factors. Am J Infect Control. 1994 Feb;22(1):16-8. doi: 10.1016/0196-6553(94)90086-8.
• Background Fontana C, Di Donato A, Di Giacomo G, Costantini A, De Vita A, Lancia F, Caricati A. Postoperative analgesia for arthroscopic shoulder surgery: a prospective randomized controlled study of intraarticular, subacromial injection, interscalenic brachial plexus block and intraarticular plus subacromial injection efficacy. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2009 Aug;26(8):689-93. doi: 10.1097/eja.0b013e32832d673e.
• Background HOLLANDER JL, BROWN EM Jr, JESSAR RA, BROWN CY. Hydrocortisone and cortisone injected into arthritic joints; comparative effects of and use of hydrocortisone as a local antiarthritic agent. J Am Med Assoc. 1951 Dec 22;147(17):1629-35. doi: 10.1001/jama.1951.03670340019005. No abstract available.
• Background Sun Y, Chen J, Li H, Jiang J, Chen S. Steroid Injection and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Agents for Shoulder Pain: A PRISMA Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Dec;94(50):e2216. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002216.
• Background Tandoc MN, Fan L, Kolesnikov S, Kruglov A, Nader ND. Adjuvant dexamethasone with bupivacaine prolongs the duration of interscalene block: a prospective randomized trial. J Anesth. 2011 Oct;25(5):704-9. doi: 10.1007/s00540-011-1180-x. Epub 2011 Jun 17.
• Background Desmet M, Braems H, Reynvoet M, Plasschaert S, Van Cauwelaert J, Pottel H, Carlier S, Missant C, Van de Velde M. I.V. and perineural dexamethasone are equivalent in increasing the analgesic duration of a single-shot interscalene block with ropivacaine for shoulder surgery: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Sep;111(3):445-52. doi: 10.1093/bja/aet109. Epub 2013 Apr 15.
• Background Zheng XQ, Li K, Wei YD, Tie HT, Yi XY, Huang W. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs versus corticosteroid for treatment of shoulder pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Oct;95(10):1824-31. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.04.024. Epub 2014 May 16.
• Background Westermann RW, Pugely AJ, Ries Z, Amendola A, Martin CT, Gao Y, Wolf BR. Causes and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission After Shoulder and Knee Arthroscopy: An Analysis of 15,167 Cases. Arthroscopy. 2015 Jun;31(6):1035-1040.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2015.03.029.
• Background Bjornholdt KT, Monsted PN, Soballe K, Nikolajsen L. Dexamethasone for pain after outpatient shoulder surgery: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2014 Jul;58(6):751-8. doi: 10.1111/aas.12333. Epub 2014 May 13.
• Background Hagiwara Y, Sugaya H, Takahashi N, Kawai N, Ando A, Hamada J, Itoi E. Effects of intra-articular steroid injection before pan-capsular release in patients with refractory frozen shoulder. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 May;23(5):1536-1541. doi: 10.1007/s00167-014-2936-2. Epub 2014 Mar 19.

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