Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a usual problem in the elderly population, which treated with lifestyle modifications, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, physiotherapy, and intraarticular injections of corticosteroids/hyaluronic acid/autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) early stages, late surgical procedures, such as arthroscopic debridement, unicompartmental arthroplasty, patellofemoral total...

BACKGROUND Sacroiliac intraarticular injection by the traditional technique can be challenging to perform when the joint is covered with osteophytes or is extremely narrow. OBJECTIVE To examine whether there is enough space for the needle to be advanced from the L5-S1 interspinous space to the upper one-third sacroiliac joint (SIJ) by magnetic resonance image (MRI) analysis as an alternative ...

With great interest we read the article of Kashani and colleagues “Intra-articular lidocaine versus intravenous sedative and analgesic for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation”.1 This article that has been recently published in your journal describes the interesting results of a randomized controlled trial that compared intraarticular lidocaine with intravenous sedation for the treatment ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Intraarticular (i.a) drug application is consider to be a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of postoperative pain after arthroscopic knee surgery without any systemic adverse effects. Lornoxicam, a nonsteroid anti-inflammatory drug is a short acting agent, and its anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity may be effective in the postoperative pain management in mi...

Arthrography is useful method to evaluate obstruct factors and the congruity of the femoral head for developmental dysplasia of the hip. We usually use an air injection to ascertain whether the needle is accurately insert intraarticularly, because leakage of the contrast medium may make it difficult to identify intraarticular structure in the hip joint. We report the experience the case that su...