Cause for caution with corticosteroids pre-arthroplasty
This patient's devastating complication after a total hip replacement highlights the potential danger of corticosteroid injections done in the lead-up to joint arthroplasty
A sixty-five-year-old man, with no medical comorbidities, has a painful right hip which is being investigated by his GP.
An MRI shows severe hip joint osteoarthritis with a large effusion and significant inflammatory changes.
