Effect of intra-articular corticosteroid injections for knee osteoarthritis on the rates of subsequent knee replacement and post-operative outcomes: a national cohort study of England

Author
S. Hawley
A. Prats-Uribe
G. Matharu
A. Delmestri
D. Prieto-Alhambra
A. Judge
M. Whitehouse
Keywords
Humans
*Osteoarthritis, Knee/drug therapy/surgery
*Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee/statistics & numerical data
Male
Female
Injections, Intra-Articular
Aged
Middle Aged
England/epidemiology
Cohort Studies
*Adrenal Cortex Hormones/administration & dosage/therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome
complications
infection
Knee replacement
Osteoarthritis
pain
pharmacoepidemiology
Post-operative outcomes
real-world evidence
Steroid Injection
surgery
Year of Publication
2025
Journal
BMC Med
Volume
23
Number of Pages
195
ISBN Number
1741-7015
Accession Number
40189536
DOI
10.1186/s12916-025-04000-6