Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers examined a ...

Corticosteroid, a drug that suppresses the immune system, is often injected into patients to alleviate pain and inflammation in the months before total joint replacement surgeries, but it may increase ...

LAS VEGAS — Patients who received a corticosteroid injection within 1 year preoperatively of carpal tunnel release had an increased risk of surgical site infection, according to results presented here ...

According to recently published results, there was a significant correlation between intra-articular corticosteroid injections within 4 weeks of surgery and an increased risk of infection in private ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about counterfeit Ozempic injections that may pose an increased risk of infection for users of the medication. The ...

Lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESIs) are associated with a heightened risk for infection after lumbar spine decompression surgery, a new meta-analysis shows. In a review that included more than ...

Treatment of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection with isonazid can cause hepatotoxicity, but the risk of isoniazid-associated hepatotoxicity among persons coinfected with hepatitis C virus ...