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Would you try combination ketorolac and cortisone injections in a patient with severe knee OA who refuses surgery and had partial responses to injections of cortisone and ketorolac separately?

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Rheumatology · Rush University Medical Center

Clinical use of intraarticular injection of ketorolac has gained some popularity, especially in the orthopedic community, although the I.A. route is not an approved indication by the FDA. As such, its use is off-label, which may make reimbursement difficult in the U.S. Nonetheless, there have been s...

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Rheumatology · University of Chicago

Could also consider Genicular artery embolization as alternate to medications.

Taslakian et al., PMID 36865988

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