ArticlePM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation2025
Ultrasound-guided injections for the retrotrochanteric region: A cadaveric investigation.
Article in PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cadaveric analyses of injectate distribution patterns in ultrasound-guided rotator interval, dual-target, and posterior glenohumeral injections.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- [Ultrasound-Guided Injection of the Thoracolumbar Fascia in the Treatment of Low Back Pain: Methodological Approach and Anatomical Study].Acta chirurgiae orthopaedicae et traumatologiae Cechoslovaca · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-guided injections for the retrotrochanteric region: A cadaveric investigation.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundInjections for the piriformis and triceps coxae tendons/bursae have not been described and validated.
objectiveTo investigate the deep retrotrochanteric anatomy and validate an ultrasound (US)-guided injection technique.
methodsFifteen sides of the pelvic half/lower limb of formalin-fixed cadaveric specimens were dissected to investigate the deep retrotrochanteric region. An US-guided superficial/peritendinous green latex dye injection was performed on both sides of a single full body cadaver. Next, seven sides of another four full body cadavers were injected using a deep/intrabursal technique. The cadavers were dissected to observe the dye's location.
resultsIn the anatomical part of the study, we observed a consistent fusion of the piriformis tendon (PT) with the triceps coxae tendon (TCT) (15/15), and with the gluteus medius tendon in 93% (14/15). A bursa of piriformis was identified in 80% (12/15) of the cases, and a subtendinous bursa of obturator internus was found in 73% (11/15). A fat pad overlying the PT-TCT was present in 93% (14/15) of the cases. Regarding the US-guided injections, success rate for superficial/peritendinous injection was 0% (0/2), with the latex dye being identified in the fat pad covering the PT-TCT in both cases. For the deep/intrabursal injection, the success rate was 86% (6/7).
conclusionsThe results indicated a satisfactory success rate for the deep/intrabursal injection of PT-TCT in retrotrochanteric pain syndrome. This technique holds promise for the treatment of bursa and tendon pathologies in relevant patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.