Long-Term Effectiveness of Repeat Corticosteroid Injections for Trigger Finger

Long-term outcomes following a single corticosteroid injection for trigger finger.

BACKGROUND The outcomes of corticosteroid injection for trigger finger are well documented only with short-term follow-up. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the long-term effectiveness of a single injection and to examine predictors of success up to ten years after injection. METHODS This case series analyzed 366 first-time corticosteroid injections in flexor tendon sheaths f...

Comparison of the Short-Term Treatment Outcome among Watchful Waiting, and Soluble and Insoluble Corticosteroid Injections in Idiopathic Trigger Finger

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the short-term result of local corticosteroid injections in the treatment of idiopathic trigger finger between previously reported proper amount of soluble and insoluble steroids; dexamethasone sodium phosphate and triamcinolone acetonide, and also aimed to compare these results with that of the patients who did not undergo the corticosteroid injection as...

For patients with tennis elbow, physiotherapy is superior to corticosteroid injections in the long term.

Effectiveness of corticosteroid injections in adhesive capsulitis of shoulder

BACKGROUND Primary adhesive capsulitis is mainly characterized by spontaneous chronic shoulder pain and the gradual loss of shoulder motion. The main treatment for adhesive capsulitis is a trial of conservative therapies, including analgesia, exercise, physiotherapy, oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammation drugs, and intra-articular corticosteroid injections. Previously, it was reported that intra-...

short-term vs long-term systemic corticosteroid in ocular toxoplasmosis

purpose: to compare the effects of short-tem and long-term systemic corticosteroids in the treatment of confirmed ocular toxoplasmosis. methods: this randomized comparative clinical trial was performed on 69 patients with confirmed active ocular toxoplasmosis with typical clinical manifestations. the subjects were randomly assigned to receive either 10 days (group a, 33 cases) or 4-6 weeks (gro...