Abstract
Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a clinical syndrome of joint pain accompanied by varying degrees of functional limitation and reduced quality of life due to chronic degenerative arthropathy. It is most common form of arthritis and one of the leading causes of pain and disability worldwide in population above 50 years.Material and Methods: 162 patients of symptomatic osteoarthritis were given intra articular triamcinolone acetonide injections over a period of 5 years at SKIMS Soura Srinagar J&K.Results: Among the patients 107 (66%) were females and 55 (34%) were males. Knee joint was most common involved joint. 15 patients had to receive repeated intraarticular steroid injection.Conclusion: Intra articular triamcinolone injection revealed good efficacy for pain relief and functional outcome without adverse effects.
Highlights
Osteoarthritis (OA) refers to a clinical syndrome of joint pain accompanied by varying degrees of functional limitation and reduced quality of life due to chronic degenerative arthropathy
Our study demonstrated that OA patients who received IA injections of Triamcinolone acetonide had significant improvements in pain and stiffness during the repeated Triamcinolone injection regimen
Our study confirms observations made in previous short-term studies in which a strong trend towards greater clinical improvement in the IA steroid group was shown, this being significant for key variables such as pain and stiffness .we found in our study that females are mostly affected by Osteoarthritis constituting about 66% of patients (Table 1) Knee joint was the mostly affected joint in both male and female patients
Summary
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a clinical syndrome of joint pain accompanied by varying degrees of functional limitation and reduced quality of life due to chronic degenerative arthropathy It is most common form of arthritis and one of the leading causes of pain and disability worldwide in population above 50 years. Osteoarthritis (OA) refers to a clinical syndrome of joint pain accompanied by varying degrees of functional limitation and reduced quality of life due to chronic degenerative arthropathy It is by far the most common form of arthritis and one of the leading causes of pain and disability worldwide. Some patients are allergic or resistant to the effects of NSAIDs. anti-inflammatory drugs such as synthetic glucocorticoids (GCs) are employed by intra-articular injection into affected joints [4]. Concerning the protective effects, a study in patients with Osteoarthritis was taken
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