Comparison of the Effect of Intra Articular Steroid Injection and Pericapsular Nerve Group Block for Hip Osteoarthritis

Comparison of Ultrasound Guided Intra-articular Steroid Injection and Pericapsular Nerve Group Block (PENG) in Patients With Chronic Hip Pain

The most common cause of hip joint dysfunction in the elderly is degenerative osteoarthritis of the hip. Innervation of the hip joint capsule is provided by the obturator nerve, the accessory obturator nerve, and the femoral nerve. With pericapsular nerve group block (PENG), by blocking the femoral nerve and the accessory obturator nerve, analgesia is successfully provided for the hip joint. Intra-articular injection of corticosteroids; It is used as an alternative to surgical interventions because it reduces inflammation and short-term pain and is a minimally invasive method. The investigators aim to compare and report patients who underwent ultrasound-guided intra-articular steroid injection and PENG block in terms of post-procedural pain scores and patient satisfaction.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Hip pain NRS > 4
• No pathologies in the laboratory and coagulation parameters

Exclusion Criteria:

• Rheumatological disease with hip involvement
• Systemic active infection
• Malignancy
• History of hip joint surgery
• History of traumatic hip injury
• Platelets values < 150.000 / µl
• History of bleeding disorder