Ahmed Gamal Salah Elsawy, Abdulnasir Hussin Ameer, Yasser A Gazar, Abdallah El-Sayed Allam, Shun-Ming Chan, Se-Yi Chen, Jin-De Hou, Yu-Ting Tai, Jui-An Lin, Felice Galluccio, Doaa Waseem Nada, Ahmed Esmat
Background : Piriformis syndrome (PS) is a painful musculoskeletal condition characterized by a deep gluteal pain that may radiate to the posterior thigh and leg. This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of ozone and BTX to lidocaine injection in treating piriformis syndrome that was resistant to medication and/or physical therapy. Study design : Between November 2018 and August 2019, we involved eighty-four subjects diagnosed with piriformis syndrome in a double-blinded, prospective, randomized comparative study to receive an ultrasound-guided injection of lidocaine (control group), botulinum toxin A, or local ozone (28 patients each group) in the belly of the piriformis muscle...
December 28, 2022: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)