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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 440-443 |
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Ultrasound-guided injection for plantar fasciitis: A brief review
AS Nair, RK Sahoo
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Citizens Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. A S Nair
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Citizens Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.177334
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Plantar fasciitis (PF) is a distressing condition experienced by many patients. Although self-limiting, it tends to become a chronic ailment if the precipitating factors are not addressed. One of the modality of treating PF is intra-lesional corticosteroid injection. This was done using palpation technique earlier but nowadays many specialists use ultrasound (US) imaging as a guide to give injection accurately instead of inadvertently damaging the plantar fascia or injecting into surrounding soft tissue, both of which can have serious implications. We did a literature search in Medline, Scopus, and Embase databases to find out articles describing US-guided corticosteroid injection for treating PF and whether guided injection was effective than injection given by palpation. |
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