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Acute Pseudoseptic Inflammatory Local Reactions after Intra-articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

퇴행성 슬관절염 환자에서 관절 내 Hyaluronic Acid 주입 후 발생한 비감염성 급성 염증반응 2예

  • Lee, Jun Yong (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Nahm, Francis Sahngun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Park, Soo Young (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Kyoung Hoon (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Park, Chan Do (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Seung Jun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Yong Chul (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Sang Chul (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
  • 이준용 (서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 남상건 (서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 박수영 (서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 임경훈 (분당서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 박찬도 (분당서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 이승준 (서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 김용철 (서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과) ;
  • 이상철 (서울대학교병원 마취통증의학과)
  • Received : 2009.07.10
  • Accepted : 2009.07.30
  • Published : 2009.08.01
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Abstract

Knee osteoarthritis is a common, but difficult problem to manage in primary care. Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection has recently been frequently used for treating knee osteoarthritis. The adverse local reactions, except septic arthritis, following intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections are generally transient and not severe. Pseudoseptic arthritis is an extreme form of inflammatory arthritis that is not due to bacterial infection and it is important to distinguish this from true septic arthritis. In this article, we report 2 cases of acute pseudoseptic local reactions after intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

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