Glass Removed During Endoscopic Prepatellar Bursectomy

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Shelton A. McKenzie Thomas X. Nguyen William J. Hill

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Thomas X. Nguyen
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Resident, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.

A B S T R A C T

Foreign body objects could be a cause of prepatellar bursitis. This is the only reported case in the literature describing prepatellar bursitis caused by a glass foreign body and the use of endoscopy to retrieve it. During an endoscopic bursectomy to alleviate symptoms of prepatellar bursitis, glass was discovered. The glass was removed and the prepatellar space irrigated and debrided to removed inflamed tissue. This case highlights the only case report of prepatellar bursitis caused by a retained foreign body and the use of endoscopy to remove it. Endoscopic bursectomy is a viable alternative to open bursectomy to minimize wound complications and allow faster recovery.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Sun 29, Sep 2019
Accepted: Mon 14, Oct 2019
Published: Mon 15, Jun 2020

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© 2023 Thomas X. Nguyen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2019.05.10