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Hand (N Y) 2022 Jun 3:15589447221093676. Epub 2022 Jun 3.

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Background: Stenosing flexor tenosynovitis is commonly treated by injection of corticosteroids into the flexor tendon sheath. However, there is no consensus in the literature regarding the optimal technique, specifically when not utilizing ultrasound guidance. Here, we present a cadaver study in which 3 common techniques of flexor sheath injection were compared with regard to their accuracy and safety profiles. Read More

Aesthetic Plast Surg 2022 May 5. Epub 2022 May 5.

Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100144, China.

Background: Abdominoplasty is a major surgical procedure in plastic surgery. It removes excess skin and fat, tightens abdominal muscles and fascia, restores normal abdominal anatomy and reshapes the distorted abdominal contour. According to the statistics released annually by International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) in 2020, there are more than 900, 000 abdominal wall plastic surgeries performed every year worldwide. Read More

Ultrasonography 2021 Oct 22;40(4):555-564. Epub 2021 Feb 22.

H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of low-dose steroid, highdose steroid, and low-dose steroid combined with hyaluronidase with respect to intra-articular injection therapy for adhesive capsulitis (AC) of the shoulder.

Methods: Thirty patients with primary AC in the initial stage were randomly assigned into three groups to receive ultrasound-guided intra-articular injections with 20 mg of triamcinolone acetonide (group A, n=10), 40 mg of triamcinolone acetonide (group B, n=10) and 20 mg of triamcinolone acetonide combined with hyaluronidase (group C, n=10). The outcome measures included a visual analogue scale (VAS), the Shoulder Disability Questionnaire (SDQ), abduction and external rotation range of motion, and intra-sheath fluid (ISF) before treatment and at 2, 4, 8, and 16 weeks after treatment. Read More

Ugeskr Laeger 2018 Dec;180(50)

Trigger finger (TF) is a common condition with a lifetime prevalence up to 2%. Local corticosteroid injection at the level of the A1 pulley is a frequently used and safe treatment for TF with cure rates around 50% in randomised controlled trials, while surgical release has cure rates near 100% but more severe complications. Blind local corticosteroid injection has the same effect as ultrasound-guided local corticosteroid injection on cure rates, and the effect remains the same, whether the steroid is placed intra-sheath or extra-sheath. Read More

Phys Sportsmed 2018 Feb 10;46(1):93-97. Epub 2017 Nov 10.

e General Practitioner, Guilan Road Trauma Research Center , Guilan University of Medical Sciences , Rasht , Iran.

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare clinical results of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection, intra-sheath versus extra-sheath of the finger flexor tendon.

Methods: A total of 166 patients with trigger finger were evaluated in a triple blind randomized clinical trial study. All the patients were injected with 1ml of 40mg/ml methyl prednisolone acetate, under the guidance of ultrasound. Read More