Ultrasound-Guided Steroid Injections for Two Painful Neuromas in the Stump of a Below-Elbow Amputee

Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 May;95(5):e73-4. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000456.

Authors

Yi-Hsuan Hung¹, Chueh-Hung Wu, Levent Özçakar, Tyng-Guey Wang

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Keelung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Keelung, Taiwan (Y-HH); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (C-HW, T-GW); and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey (LÖ).

PMID: 26945215
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000456

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adult
Amputation Stumps*
Amputees
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
Humans
Injections
Male
Neuroma / diagnostic imaging
Neuroma / drug therapy*
Pain / drug therapy*
Pain / etiology
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Triamcinolone / therapeutic use*
Ultrasonography, Interventional

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Triamcinolone