title: How to perform local soft-tissue glucocorticoid injections.
abstract: Inflammation of periarticular soft-tissue structures such as tendons, tendon sheaths, entheses, bursae, ligaments and fasciae are the hallmark of many inflammatory rheumatic diseases, but inflammation - or rather irritation - of these structures also occurs in the absence of an underlying rheumatic disease. In both these primary and secondary soft-tissue lesions, local glucocorticoid injection often is beneficial, although evidence in literature is limited. This chapter reviews local injection therapy for these lesions and for nerve compression syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. j.w.g.jacobs@umcutrecht.nl
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002062:Bursitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular / Q000379:methods*; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy*; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008012:Lidocaine