Summary of findings: corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection (CS+LA) vs local anaesthetic injection (LA)
Reduction in pain intensity · Morton's neuroma
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 157 participantsLow
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
10 questions · 10 findings · 1 reviews · Neuromuscular
No studies found 1 · 10%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 10%Low 5 · 50%Moderate 3 · 30%High 0 · 0%
Summary of findings: corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection (CS+LA) vs local anaesthetic injection (LA)
Function: · Morton's neuroma
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 157 participantsLow
Summary of findings: corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection (CS+LA) vs local anaesthetic injection (LA)
HRQoL: EQ‐5D (0 to 1; a higher score indicates improved HRQoL) (final values) · Morton's neuroma
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 122 participantsModerate
Summary of findings: corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection (CS+LA) vs local anaesthetic injection (LA)
Satisfaction: 4‐item Likert scale (dichotomised into satisfied and dissatisfied) · Morton's neuroma
Summary of findings: corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection… showed no clear difference in satisfaction: Modified Johnson Scale (dichotomised into satisfied… compared with local anaesthetic injection (LA) (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.08 [0.63, 1.85]1 study · 35 participantsLow
Summary of findings: corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection (CS+LA) vs local anaesthetic injection (LA)
Adverse events · Morton's neuroma
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection… changes adverse events compared with local anaesthetic injection (LA) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 9.84 [1.28, 75.56]2 studies · 157 participantsVery low
Summary of findings: ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid and local anaesthetic (UG CS+LA) vs injection with corticosteroid and anaesthetic
Adverse events · Morton's neuroma
Summary of findings: ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid… showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with non‐ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid and local… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 0.42 [0.12, 1.39]2 studies · 116 participantsLow
Summary of findings: ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid and local anaesthetic (UG CS+LA) vs injection with corticosteroid and anaesthetic
Pain at short term (4 weeks) VAS 10‐cm scale, which was translated to a 0 to 100 scale in which lower scores mean less pain. · Morton's neuroma
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 116 participantsModerate
Summary of findings: ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid and local anaesthetic (UG CS+LA) vs injection with corticosteroid and anaesthetic
Function: · Morton's neuroma
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted2 studies · 116 participantsModerate
Summary of findings: ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid and local anaesthetic (UG CS+LA) vs injection with corticosteroid and anaesthetic
Health‐related quality of life · Morton's neuroma
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Summary of findings: ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid and local anaesthetic (UG CS+LA) vs injection with corticosteroid and anaesthetic
Satisfaction: 4‐item Likert scale (dichotomised into satisfied and dissatisfied) · Morton's neuroma
Summary of findings: ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid… may leads to higher satisfaction: 4‐point Likert scale (dichotomised into satisfied and… compared with non‐ultrasound‐guided injection of corticosteroid and local… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 1.71 [1.19, 2.44]2 studies · 114 participantsLow