Efficacy Intra-articular corticosteroid injection is quick and simple to carry out and in RCTs it has a large effect size (ES) of 1.27 at 7 days postinjection for pain relief against placebo for knee OA [101]. It produces relatively rapid relief of severe pain within a few hours or days. Although this benefit is relatively short lasting, in RCTs (1–4 weeks), individual patients may derive benef...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the applicability and effectiveness of percutaneous corticosteroid injection in patients with vocal fold polyp and to describe its advantages and limitations in this group of patients. DESIGN Prospective case series. SETTING Tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS Twenty-four patients with vocal fold polyp treated between March 1 and December 31, 2007. INTERVENT...

1 report the results of a randomised clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of physiotherapy and corticosteroid injection for patients with unilateral shoulder pain. Shoulder pain is a common complaint; estimates of the annual incidence in general practice vary from 6.6 to 25 cases per 1000 patients. 2–4 Most patients are treated in primary care. If treatment with analgesics or non-steroid...

BACKGROUND De Quervain's tenosynovitis is a disorder characterised by pain on the radial (thumb) side of the wrist and functional disability of the hand. It can be treated by corticosteroid injection, splinting and surgery. OBJECTIVES To summarise evidence on the efficacy and safety of corticosteroid injections for de Quervain's tenosynovitis. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the following datab...

Joint injection of the hip and knee regions is a useful diagnostic and therapeutic tool for the family physician. In this article, the injection procedure for the greater trochanteric bursa, the knee joint, the pes anserine bursa, the iliotibial band, and the prepatellar bursa is reviewed. Indications for greater trochanteric bursa injection include acute and chronic inflammation associated wit...

Background: Ultrasound is a widely used tool for diagnostic and interventional purposes myriad of musculoskeletal conditions. The question about the value ultrasound-guided injection over blind debatable [1, 2]. Objectives: To test versus subacromial-subdeltoid bursitis, subcoracoid long head biceps synovial sheath, intra-articular shoulder injection. Methods: We included 168 participants (66 5...

Salivary mucocele is a common lesion derived from minor salivary glands with various surgical or non-surgical treatment modalities. To evaluate the effect of a highly potent corticosteroid (dexamethasone) in the management of salivary mucocele, we performed intralesional injection of dexamethasone in nine patients with labial mucocele. Complete healing of lesions observed in seven of nine patie...

the aim of the present study was to provide a clear picture of the prescribing pattern of corticosteroids in zanjan, iran. a retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the pattern of corticosteroids prescription at beheshti pharmacy (zanjan, iran) over a period of six months between march 21 and september 22 of 2013. descriptive analyses were stratified by gender, age, typ...

BACKGROUND Subacromial impingement is a common cause of shoulder complaints in general practice. When the initial treatment with acetaminophen and low dose Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs fails, triamcinolone acetonide injections are commonly used. Triamcinolone acetonide injections are effective at four to six weeks. Little is known about the pain relief effect of triamcinolone acetonide...