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Study: Hip replacement too soon after a steroid injection increases infection risk


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Posted 02 March 2016 - 05:00 AM

(Hospital for Special Surgery) The risk of developing an infection after surgery increased significantly in patients who had a hip replacement within three months of receiving a steroid injection to relieve hip pain, according researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery who reviewed thousands of patient records from California and Florida databases.

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