Extra-Articular Steroid Injection: Early Patient Response and the Incidence of Flare Reaction

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1513-1520

  Goldfarb, Charles A ^a   Gelberman, Richard H ^a   McKeon, Kathleen ^a   Chia, Ben ^a   Boyer, Martin I ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

de Quervain's; flare; injection; Steroid; trigger finger

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SPLINTING; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUPIVACAINE; DE QUERVAIN DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER;

EID: 36749056767     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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