an injection of a corticosteroid or lidocaine may be administered into the intercostal muscles. These medications can help decrease pain and inflammation and block nerve signals at the injection site.

The OATS (osteoarticular transfer system) procedure is a type of surgical procedure called mosaicplasty that is used to treat a knee injury called focal cartilage defects. OATS is one technique of ...

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