Corticosteroid injection for trigger finger in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Peters Veluthamaningal, Cyriac ^a   Van Der Windt, Daniëlle A W M ^b   Winters, Jan C ^a   Meyboom De Jong, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex hormones *administration dosage ; Adult; Anesthetics, local *administration dosage ; Humans; Lidocaine *administration dosage ; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Trigger finger disorder *drug therapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INJECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER;

EID: 69549144634     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005617.pub2     Document Type: Review

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