The increasing prevalence of painful knee osteoarthritis has created an additional demand for pharmacologic management to prevent or delay surgical management. Viscosupplementation, via intraarticular injection of hyaluronic acid (HA), aims to restore the favorable milieu present in the nonarthritic joint. The safety profile of intraarticular HA injections for painful knee osteoarthritis is wel...

BACKGROUND This study assessed inflammatory changes using ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients taking tocilizumab for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS Eighteen patients were included in the prospective open-label TENOR study and received three tocilizumab infusions, without corticosteroids. B-mode and power Doppler US and MRI (T1 and T2-short time inversion re...

PATIENT Male, 5 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Osteoblastoma Symptoms: - MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Oncology. OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND Osteoblastomas are relatively uncommon bone tumors that account for <1% of all bone tumors. They usually occur in the medullary region of the bone. As such, intraarticular osteoblastomas are quite rare. CASE REPORT In this report, we prese...

In arthritic individuals who have only one or two peripheral joints causing difficulty, it would seem advisable to treat these joints locally by direct intraarticular injection of medication in an effort to decrease the incidence and severity of toxicity associated with systemic therapy. The first very effective anti-rheumatic preparation for intraarticular injection was hydrocortisone acetate ...

Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) is an emerging biotechnology which uses patient's own blood components to create healing effect to their own injured tissues. This study was carried out to evaluate the clinical effects, adverse reactions and patient satisfaction after intraarticular injection of platelet rich plasma in a small group of patients with internal derangements of knee at Combined Military ...

BACKGROUND Glenohumeral exploration is routinely performed during arthroscopic removal of rotator cuff calcifications in patients with calcific tendinitis of the shoulder (CTS). However, evidence on the prevalence of intraarticular co-pathologies is lacking and the benefit of glenohumeral exploration remains elusive. The aim of the present study was to assess and quantify intraoperative patholo...

Aims: To determine the association between more advanced stages of temporomandibular joint intra-articular disorders (“TMJ intraarticular status”), representing a transition from normal joint structure to TMJ disc displacement with and without reduction (DDwR and DDwoR) to degenerative joint disease (DJD), and patient-reported outcomes of jaw pain, function, and disability (“TMD impact.”) Metho...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the effects of locally applied heat and cold treatments on skin and intraarticular temperature in patients with arthritis. METHODS Thirty-nine patients with arthritis of the knee were divided at random into 4 treatment groups (ice chips, nitrogen cold air, ligno-paraffin, and placebo short wave). A temperature probe was inserted into the knee joint cavity and...

OBJECTIVE To study the correlation between histological findings and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) findings in experimentally induced arthritis in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) of growing rabbits and to study the effect of intraarticular corticosteroid injections. METHODS Arthritis was induced by ovalbumin in the left TMJ of 44 pre-sensibilized rabbits. Nine animals died during this pr...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of local application of ice chips, ligno-paraffin, short-wave diathermy, and nitrogen-cold air on skin and intraarticular temperature. METHODS Forty-two healthy subjects were divided into 4 treatment groups. A temperature probe was inserted into the knee joint cavity and another placed on the overlying skin, and changes in temperature over 3 hours, by treatme...