Trial reportAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2010
The benefit of radiologically-guided steroid injections for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis.
Trial report in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ball-and-Socket Replacement for Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: A Comparison Between the Single and Dual Mobility Design.Journal of wrist surgery · 2026Article
- Fluoroscopy-guided injections of the upper extremity: pearls and pitfalls.Skeletal radiology · 2023Review
- The Effect of Image-Guided Corticosteroid Injections on Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- New Trends in Injection-Based Therapy for Thumb-Base Osteoarthritis: Where Are We and where Are We Going?Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Review
- Volume of the Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint.Journal of wrist surgery · 2020Article
- Intra-articular corticosteroid injections to manage trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis-a systematic review.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2015Review
- Hand osteoarthritis-nonpharmacological and pharmacological treatments.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2014Review
- Pharmacologic treatment of hand-, knee- and hip-osteoarthritis.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2013Article
- [Therapeutic strategies in erosive digital polyarthrosis].Der Internist · 2011Article
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Abstract
introductionOsteoarthritis of the trapeziometacarpal joint (TMJ) is a common condition causing significant disability. Conservative treatments include intra-articular steroid injections. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis clinical, observational study prospectively reviewed the longevity of benefit of steroid injections into the TMJ. Eighty-three patients were recruited with a median age of 62 years and injected with steroid and local anaesthetic under radioscopic guidance. They were followed up until the analgesic effects ceased with a questionnaire including visual analogue scores.
resultsTwo-thirds of patients were improved at 2 months, with nearly half having a 3-month improvement. One in six patients had a 6-month benefit, with some patients still improved 2 years after injection. Previously injected patients had a reduced duration of benefit compared to their previous injection. Severity of osteoarthritis did not affect the injection efficacy.
conclusionsBased on this study, we recommend steroid injections in all degrees of TMJ osteoarthritis.
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