Does Anesthetic Relief Correspond to Future Pain Relief?: A Prospective Trial Examining Future Pain Relief for Ultrasound-Guided Corticosteroid-Anesthetic Injections.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the study was to prospectively evaluate the association between immediate pain relief from injections of local anesthetic with corticosteroid and subsequent pain relief up to 3 mos. The secondary aim was to examine the time until subjective pain relief after these injections.

Design

This was a single-center, prospective study of patients undergoing ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injections for musculoskeletal pain. Subjects completed follow-up surveys at 2 wks, 1 mo, and 3 mos postinjections. χ 2 tests and sensitivity analysis were used to examine the primary outcome, at least 50% relief from the injection. Regression modeling examined the effects of demographic and injection-related variables on outcome measures.

Results

A total of 132 patient

SUBMITTER: Cushman DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448910 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature