Short-term results of treatment of tennis elbow with anti-inflammatory drugs alone or in combination with local injection of a corticosteroid and anesthetic mixture

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 184-187

  Toker, Serdar ^a   Kilincoglu, Volkan ^b   Aksakalli, Elif ^a   Gulcan, Erim ^a   Ozkan, Korhan ^c  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH SULTAN MEHMET TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Goztepe Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anesthetics, local; Anti inflammatory agents; Drug combination; Injections; Methylprednisolone; Tennis elbow drug therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENNIS ELBOW; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; TENNIS ELBOW; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749103160     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2008.184     Document Type: Article

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