This paper describes our diagnostic method, which enables an early and immediate differentiation between those patients who could benefit from a single or several local corticosteroid injections, and those who will probably require surgery. The authors have no intention of advocating a preferred treatment, but try to predict the outcome of the various modes of therapy.
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