Local corticosteroid injections in the management of Pes Anserine Bursitis. Prospective clinical study 92 patients

ABSTRACT

the aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the local corticosteroid injections in the management of Anserine bursitis. ninety two patients presented to our clinic at Queen Alia Hospital during the period between December 1996-September 2000 with knee joint pain diagnosed to have Anserine bursitis. all patients were managed by single injection of 20 mg methylprednisolone diluted in 2 ml of xylocaine 1% injected directly into the bursa. follow up after two weeks 84 [91.3%] patients were improved completely, while 8 [8.7%] had partial improvement. after two months 67 [73%] patients had complete improvement, 14 [15%] had partial improvement, and 11[12%] had relapsed bursitis. After six months, 44 [48%] patients had complete improvement, 8 [9%] had partial improvement, and 40 [43%] had relapsed bursitis the 44 [48%] patients that continued to have a complete improvement is an encouraging number to apply this method as a fast, time and cost effective method: