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How to perform local soft-tissue glucocorticoid injections.
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Apr;23(2):193-219
Authors: Jacobs JW
Inflammation of periarticular soft-tissue structures such as tendons, tendon sheaths, entheses, bursae, ligaments and fasciae are the hallmark of many inflammatory rheumatic diseases, but inflammation - or rather irritation - of these structures also occurs in the absence of an underlying rheumatic disease. In both these primary and secondary soft-tissue lesions, local glucocorticoid injection often is beneficial, although evidence in literature is limited. This chapter reviews local injection therapy for these lesions and for nerve compression syndromes.
PMID: 19393566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]