Arthroscopic Treatment of Septic Arthritis of the Elbow in a 4-Year-Old Girl. (2nd December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Koide, Masashi; Tojo, Yuichi; Hagiwara, Yoshihiro; Nakajima, Souichi; Tanaka, Minoru; Honda, Masahito; Itoi, Eiji
• Other Names: Mouzopoulos George Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in orthopedics. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-12-02
• Subjects: Orthopedics -- Periodicals; Orthopedics; Orthopedics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.7
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/853974
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6749

Abstract

Abstract : 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)).