Objective: The present randomized controlled trial compared arthrocentesis of the effusive
knee followed by corticosteroid injection performed by the conventional anatomic landmark …

Objective. We studied whether sonographic needle guidance affected the outcomes of
intraarticular (IA) injection for inflammatory arthritis. Methods. Joints with inflammatory arthritis (n = …

Objective The present randomized controlled study investigated whether sonographic needle
guidance affected the outcomes of intra-articular injection for osteoarthritis of the knee. …

Scleroderma is associated with intractable hand pain from vasospasm, digital ischemia,
tenosynovitis, and nerve entrapment. This study investigated the effect of hydrodissection of the …

Background The extended knee lateral midpatellar portal for intraarticular injection of the
knee is accurate but is not practical for all patients. We hypothesized that a modified …

Although intraarticular injections are important to the management of rheumatoid arthritis,
there are few studies regarding the cost-effectiveness of alternative injection techniques. This …

Purpose: Injections into the palmar hand for trigger finger, palmar flexor tenosynovitis, and
Dupuytren contracture can be very painful. This randomized, controlled study evaluated nerve …

… inhaler (SL) or add-on … SL, or MO. The date of first prescription was designated the “index
date”. All patients were required to have >1 ICS prescription during the 12 month pre-index; SL …

… xx) who initiated inhaled maintenance therapy with FS, IC, SL, ipratropium (IP), or IA
between 1/98-12/04. Risk of COPD-related ED/hospitalization was analyzed using repeated-…

This study was designed to investigate the degree of 21-hydroxylase deficiency in the
pathways leading to production of cortisol and aldosterone in the 2 clinical variants of 21-…