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ArticleEuropean journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie2026

Ultrasound-guided intra-articular steroid injection or ultrasound-guided suprascapular notch steroid injection for frozen shoulder? A sequential comparative study with a 1-year follow-up.

Dipit Sahu, Himanshu S Choudhary, Neha Gaikwad, Sonam Gupta

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Article in European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Dipit SahuSir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India. dip.it@me.com.
Himanshu S ChoudharySir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
Neha GaikwadMumbai Shoulder Institute, Mumbai, India.
Sonam GuptaMumbai Shoulder Institute, Mumbai, India.

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Abstract

purposeWe aimed to compare the improvements in pain at 1-month and in pain and functional outcomes at 1-year between the ultrasound (USG)- guided suprascapular notch (SSN) steroid injections and the USG-guided intra-articular (IA) steroid injections in the treatment of frozen shoulder.

methodsTwo sequential groups were compared: the first group underwent USG-guided SSN steroid injections (SSN group, n = 29), and the second group underwent USG-guided IA steroid injections (IA group, n = 35).

resultsAt 1 month, significantly greater proportion of patients had > 50% improvement in pain in the IA group [94%(n = 33] than in the SSN group [72%(n = 21), p = 0.03]. At 1-year, the SSN and IA groups did not differ in the Oxford shoulder score or the visual analogue scale pain score.

conclusionUSG-guided IA steroid injection offers superior pain relief than USG-guided SSN steroid injection in the short-term in treatment of frozen shoulder.

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BursitisGlucocorticoidsShoulder PainAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInjections, Intra-ArticularMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementProspective StudiesRange of Motion, ArticularShoulder JointTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, InterventionalGlucocorticoidsAdhesive capsulitisFrozen shoulderIntra-articular injectionSteroid injectionSuprascapular notchUltrasound injection

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