Septic Arthritis

Abstract

THE first intra-articular injection of hydrocortisone has been credited to Thorn. The first demonstration of this procedure as a practical and effective therapeutic technic was by Hollander et al.^{1 , 2} in 1951. These investigators presented carefully compiled data clearly demonstrating the ameliorating effects of locally injected hydrocortisone in a variety of painful and inflammatory disorders of joints and bursas. The response was shown to be temporary in most cases, but the procedure has proved helpful as a stopgap method of relieving acute exacerbations involving one or a few joints, even though precise indications for injection have not been established.Since the . . .