Endoscopic Bursal Resection: The Olecranon Bursa and Prepatellar Bursa

Endoscopic bursectomy for the treatment of septic pre-patellar bursitis: a case series

“…Endoscopic bursectomy for the treatment of recalcitrant cases of inflammatory pre-patellar bursitis has been widely reported in the literature with good clinical outcomes [5,6]. Surgeons may have previously favoured open bursectomy in the setting of infective pre-patellar bursitis to achieve adequate debridement of the infected bursa.…”

Behandlung der traumatisch eröffneten Bursa olecrani und der chronischen Bursitis olecrani

“…Bei purulentem Aspirat oder klinischem Verdacht auf eine septische Bursitis (Fieber >38°C, laborchemische Infektkonstellation, immunsupprimierter Patient) sollte eine Antibiose erfolgen [29]. Bei ausbleibender klinischer Rekonvaleszenz steht auch hier die operative Bursektomie als Therapieoption am Ende [28], welche auch in endoskopischer Technik durchgeführt werden kann [30,31], jedoch komplikationsbehaftet ist [22,32,33].…”

Treatment of olecranon bursitis: a systematic review

“…Septic bursitis, aseptic bursitis, or a mixture of these were included in 16 [1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15-17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 29], eight [3,14,18,21,25,28,30,31], and five studies [4,9,12,13,27], respectively. The mean follow-up interval ranged from 5.1 to 62.4 months [8, 12-14, 18, 19, 21, 27, 28, 30, 31].…”

“…Incision and drainage of the infected olecranon bursa is commonly performed for septic bursitis that does not respond to needle aspiration and antibiotic treatment, while open or endoscopic surgery [18,28] may be undertaken for persistent aseptic olecranon bursitis and/or bony spurs of the olecranon [21]. Aside from progressive bursal enlargement or persistence and lack of improvement with nonsurgical methods [21], the indications for surgery are unclear [27].…”