BACKGROUND Baker's cysts are commonly encountered in pain management practices. OBJECTIVE To ascertain if sclerotherapy treatment of a Baker's cyst could produce objectively verifiable MRI imaging changes. DESIGN Case report. METHODS A 52-year-old white male with a posterior horn of the medial meniscus tear and a large Baker's cyst who had failed conservative care and drainage was imaged ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background: osteoarthritis is one of the most common diseases and the knee is the most commonly affected joint. intra-articular prolotherapy is being utilized in acute and chronic pain management setting. this study was designed to compare the efficacy of three methods of intra-articular knee joint therapies with erythropoietin, dextrose, and pulsed ra...

A potential treatment for chronic tendinosis or tendinopathy is percutaneous ultrasound-guided tendon fenestration, also termed dry needling or tenotomy. This procedure involves gently passing a needle through the abnormal tendon multiple times to change a chronic degenerative process into an acute condition that is more likely to heal. This article reviews the literature on tendon fenestration...