Using ultrasound to guide cortisone injections may be an effective treatment for lateral hip pain resulting from gluteus medius tendinopathy, a small, uncontrolled study found.
Of 54 patients who received the treatment, 72% had a clinically significant reduction in pain one month later, and 70% were at least somewhat satisfied with the results, according to Étienne Cardinal, MD, of the University of Montreal Hospital Center, and colleagues.
There were no complications, they reported in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
"Our study shows that a peritendinous ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection may be an effective treatment of gluteus medius tendinopathy," they wrote.
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