musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
How To Aspirate or Inject a Prepatellar Bursa
Complications of Aspirating or Injecting a Prepatellar Bursa
Complications are uncommon and include Subcutaneous fat atrophy, skin atrophy and sinus tracts, temporary skin depigmentation, and infection due to superficial (< 0.5 cm deep) corticosteroid injection Painful local reaction thought to result from a chemical synovitis in response to the crystals in the corticosteroid solution (sometimes called postinjection flare) occurring within a few hours of depot corticosteroid injection and usually lasting ≤ 48 hours In diabetic patients, hyperglycemia after a depot corticosteroid injection 