title: Editorial Commentary: Big Data Suggest That Because of a Significant Increased Risk of Postoperative Infection, Steroid Injection Is Not Recommended After Ankle Arthroscopy.
abstract: A recent study addressing infection rate after intra-articular steroid injection during ankle arthroscopy gives pause to this practice, with an odds ratio of 2.2 in the entire population that was injected with a steroid simultaneously with ankle arthroscopy compared with patients who did not receive an ankle injection. Big data, used in the study upon which the Editor comments here, suggest that because of a significant increased risk of postoperative infection, steroid injection is not recommended after ankle arthroscopy.
authors.forename: Jefferson C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brand
mesh_terms: D000842:Ankle; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000601:surgery; D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D013639:Tarsal Bones