title: Ultrasound-Guided 50% Ethyl Alcohol Injection for Patients With Malleolar and Olecranon Bursitis: A Prospective Pilot Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the feasibility and effect of ultrasound-guided ethyl alcohol injection on malleolar and olecranon synovial proliferative bursitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four patients received ultrasound-guided 50% diluted ethyl alcohol injection at the site of synovial proliferative bursitis after aspiration of the free fluid.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Swelling and symptoms significantly decreased in 13 of the 24 patients without any complications. Eleven patients had partial improvement in swelling and symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ultrasound-guided alcohol injection could be an alternative therapeutic option before surgery in patients with chronic intractable malleolar and olecranon synovial proliferative bursitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hando Hospital, Ansan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Seong
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyoung Seop
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Bursitis; Ethyl alcohol; Synovium; Ultrasonography