Will A Steroid Injection In My Hand About A Month Before Knee Replacement Surgery Affect The Knee?

Posted on Sat, 2 Jun 2018

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Question : I had a steroid injection in my hand about a month ago. I am scheduled for knee replacement surgery shortly. My doctor says the injection will not effect the surgery in my knee.. Is this correct?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Gopal (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Will not cause any problem.

Detailed Answer:
Hi I am Dr Gopal Goel Orthopedic Surgeon.
Steroid injection given in hand one month ago or earlier will not cause any interference in knee replacement. The effect of steroid injection is for XXXXXXX 3 weeks only.
Rest reassured and go for knee replacement. If any problem does occur in surgery - it is not because of one steroid injection.
Thanks for the question.

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