Long-term follow-up of intra-articular injections into the @entity1348 in XXXX with @entity309 .

@entity1 @entity134 @entity158 @entity309 @entity1348
A long-term (12 years) follow-up of treatment with intra-articular injections into the @entity1348 ( @entity1348 ) of @entity134 or non- @entity134 agents was performed in 21 @entity1 with @entity309 ( @entity309 ) and symptomatic TMJs. The aim of the study was to compare symptoms, signs and radiological appearance of the @entity1348 initially and at the follow-up in this group of @entity1 . Eleven @entity1 were assigned to a @entity134 group and 10 @entity1 to a non- @entity134 group. Initial and follow-up clinical and radiological examination procedures were the same. The radiological evaluation was based on a grading system using standard reference films. At follow-up, 14 @entity1 reported no @entity158 from the @entity1348 and positive changes in most clinical variables were found in both groups. Radiographic follow-up examination was performed on 12 @entity1 . Initially, all but 4 of the 24 joints had structural bone changes. At follow-up, 2 joints had lower, 11 joints had unchanged and 11 joints had higher radiological grades. Two out of 5 and 3 out of 10 joints in the @entity134 and non- @entity134 group, respectively, showed progression of structural bone changes. Among 9 untreated joints, 6 had higher radiological grades and 3 were unchanged. In the 11 TMJs with higher radiological grades at follow-up, there was in most cases moderate progression of erosive changes. The results suggest that the long-term development of symptoms and signs from the @entity1348 in @entity1 previously treated was good and the long-term progression of joint destruction was low for both @entity134 and non- @entity134 agents in this @entity1 group with @entity309 .
