Arthroscopic Treatment of Septic Arthritis of the Elbow in a 4-Year-Old Girl

Pediatric septic arthritis is uncommon and has been traditionally treated by joint aspiration or open arthrotomy. There are some reports about arthroscopic surgery in pediatric septic arthritis of the knee, hip, and shoulder. However, there is no report for the case of elbow. We report a case of ped...

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Main Authors: Masashi Koide, Yuichi Tojo, Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Souichi Nakajima, Minoru Tanaka, Masahito Honda, Eiji Itoi
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/853974
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Minoru Tanaka
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description Pediatric septic arthritis is uncommon and has been traditionally treated by joint aspiration or open arthrotomy. There are some reports about arthroscopic surgery in pediatric septic arthritis of the knee, hip, and shoulder. However, there is no report for the case of elbow. We report a case of pediatric septic arthritis of elbow treated with arthroscopically with good clinical condition at 3-year follow-up. This paper is based on a report first published in Japanese (Tojo (2012)).
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spelling doaj-art-0566696105c44260a60930769dc40a9c2025-02-03T01:27:44ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572015-01-01201510.1155/2015/853974853974Arthroscopic Treatment of Septic Arthritis of the Elbow in a 4-Year-Old GirlMasashi Koide0Yuichi Tojo1Yoshihiro Hagiwara2Souichi Nakajima3Minoru Tanaka4Masahito Honda5Eiji Itoi6Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, 3-27 Yamaga-machi, Aizuwakamatsu 965-8585, JapanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, JapanPediatric septic arthritis is uncommon and has been traditionally treated by joint aspiration or open arthrotomy. There are some reports about arthroscopic surgery in pediatric septic arthritis of the knee, hip, and shoulder. However, there is no report for the case of elbow. We report a case of pediatric septic arthritis of elbow treated with arthroscopically with good clinical condition at 3-year follow-up. This paper is based on a report first published in Japanese (Tojo (2012)).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/853974
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Case Reports in Orthopedics
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title_short Arthroscopic Treatment of Septic Arthritis of the Elbow in a 4-Year-Old Girl
title_sort arthroscopic treatment of septic arthritis of the elbow in a 4 year old girl
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