Pain relief in a patient with snapping scapula after 5% dextrose injection

Snapping Scapula Syndrome in the Setting of Elastofibroma Dorsi: A Case Report

“…The subsequent use of anti-inflammatory medications and localized corticosteroid injections has proven to be helpful, with 50%-80% of patients reporting relief of symptoms with nonoperative treatment [1,22]. Mansız-Kaplan et al [23] demonstrated that a 5% dextrose injection to the scapulothoracic bursa was effective for up to 3 months. It has been described that successful response to corticosteroid injections is a good predictor of successful future surgical outcomes, should the need arise, as in the case of our patient [1,24].…”

“…Operative options include partial scapulectomy, open or arthroscopic bursectomy, resection of the underlying causative mass, or a combination of procedures [1,15,17,[22][23][24]. The operative technique with the most consistently successful results is surgical resection of the superomedial angle of the affected scapula.…”

“…The operative technique with the most consistently successful results is surgical resection of the superomedial angle of the affected scapula. Contraindications to the operation include severe winging, gross neurovascular invasion, and patients with severe radiation-related damage [15,22,23]. Overall, postoperative complete relief of pain and crepitus has been reported to be as high as 86% following resection [15,17,[22][23][24].…”

Management of Lateral Elbow Pain with Glucopuncture

“…Anecdotal evidence suggests that these injection shave a favorable effect on (1) pain modulation and (2) physiological repair mechanisms of damaged or inflamed tissues such as muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Glucose 5% (or dextrose 5%) injections have been used for low back pain [15,16], radicular low back pain [17], snapping scapula [18] and Achilles tendinopathy [19]. Although the mechanism of action of G5W injections is largely unknown, it is likely to be multi factorial.…”

Treatment of Dorsal Back Pain with Glucopuncture

“…In the last decades, glucose 5% injections have gained more interest [1][2][3]. Some have even compared its effectiveness to corticosteroid injections [4].…”