ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
A Positive Correlation between Steroid Injections and Cuff Tendon Tears: A Cohort Study Using a Clinical Database.
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- Dynamic Ultrasound Examination for Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon Rupture after Palpation-Guided Corticosteroid Injection.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
This cohort study aimed to investigate the association between steroid injections for shoulder diseases and the increased incidence of cuff tendon tears. The Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital clinical database was used in this study. Patients were enrolled using the corresponding diagnostic codes for shoulder diseases. Patients who received steroid injections were included in the case group, and those without steroid injections were included in the control group. The outcome measure was the occurrence of cuff tendon tears during the study period. Adjusted hazard ratios for outcomes were calculated using Cox regression analysis adjusted for sex, age, and comorbidities. Of the 1025 patients with shoulder disease, 205 were in the case group and 820 were in the control group. The incidence of cuff tendon tears was 9.8% in patients who received steroid injections (p < 0.001). The adjusted hazard ratios for steroid injections, smoking, and chronic liver disease were 7.44 (p < 0.001), 2.40 (p = 0.046), 3.25 (p = 0.007), respectively. Steroid injections on the shoulder were associated with a raised risk of cuff tendon tears by 7.44 times compared to non-injection. The incidence of cuff tendon tears increased by 3.25 times with concurrent chronic liver disease and by 2.4 times with smoking.
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