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Shoulder Injection
Aka: Shoulder Injection, Shoulder Aspiration, Shoulder Corticosteroid Injection- See also
- Procedures: Specific Sites for injection
- Timing: Frequency of injections
- Older patients: May repeat 2-3 times per year
- Younger patients: Consider surgery if no improvement
- Repeat injection risks Rotator Cuff Rupture
- Precautions
- Risk of Rotator Cuff Rupture
- Use with caution especially in young patients
- Risk of Rotator Cuff Rupture
- References
- Pfenninger (1994) Procedures, p. 1036-54
- Larson (1996) Am Fam Physician 53(5):1637-43 [PubMed]
- Tallia (2003) Am Fam Physician 67(6):1271-8 [PubMed]