Five cases of septic prepatellar and 20 cases of septic olecranon bursitis are reported. All were men, with a mean age of 47 years. Seventeen had a history of recent trauma to the affected limb or ...

All patients had had preoperative aspiration and injection of cortisone ... In the patients with prepatellar bursitis, 66% had no pain whatsoever, but we did note some residual tenderness in ...