Open AccessImaging‐guided intervention of foot and ankle disorders
Author(s) -
Koulouris George
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-4-s1-i4
Subject(s) - medicine , polidocanol , ankle , radiofrequency ablation , platelet rich plasma , intervention (counseling) , physical therapy , orthopedic surgery , foot (prosody) , psychological intervention , physical medicine and rehabilitation , intensive care medicine , ablation , surgery , platelet , sclerotherapy , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry
Numerous degenerative, traumatic, overuse and inflammatory conditions occur about the foot and ankle both specific to the region and also as part of generalised systemic processes. The risks, benefits, indications and contraindications of common imaging guided procedures will be discussed, such as the use of corticosteroids, autologous blood, platelet rich plasma, autologous tenocytes, alcohol, radiofrequency ablation and polidocanol, to name a few. The role that these interventions perform in the treatment algorithm will also be reviewed.