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Role Of Ultrasound-Guided Injection Of Corticosteroids And Platelet-Rich Plasma In Treatment Of Supraspinatus Tendon Injuries, Doaa Hosny, Eman A. Abdallah, Mohamed K. Abd-Elmageed, Mohamed R. Elkholy

Menoufia Medical Journal

Background The shoulder is the site of multiple injuries and inflammatory conditions that lend themselves to therapeutic injection. Therapeutic subacromial injection should be considered after other conservative interventions have been tried. Studies have demonstrated that needle placement is more accurate with image guidance, usually ultrasound (US). Objectives To highlight the role of US-guided injection in the treatment of supraspinatus tendon injuries. Patients and methods This study included 60 patients diagnosed as having supraspinatus tendinosis only or with associated partial thickness tear. All patients were injected under US guidance. A total of 40 patients were injected with corticosteroids, whereas the other …