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Sonographically Guided Posteromedial Approach for Intra‐articular Knee Injections
Author(s) -
Tresley Jonathan,
Jose Jean
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.34.4.721
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , intra articular , osteoarthritis , computed tomographic , knee joint , surgery , radiology , percutaneous , arthroplasty , computed tomography , alternative medicine , pathology
Osteoarthritis of the knee can be a debilitating and extremely painful condition. In patients who desire to postpone knee arthroplasty or in those who are not surgical candidates, percutaneous knee injection therapies have the potential to reduce pain and swelling, maintain joint mobility, and minimize disability. Published studies cite poor accuracy of intra‐articular knee joint injections without imaging guidance. We present a sonographically guided posteromedial approach to intra‐articular knee joint injections with 100% accuracy and no complications in a consecutive series of 67 patients undergoing subsequent computed tomographic or magnetic resonance arthrography. Although many other standard approaches are available, a posteromedial intra‐articular technique is particularly useful in patients with a large body habitus and theoretically allows for simultaneous aspiration of Baker cysts with a single sterile preparation and without changing the patient's position. The posteromedial technique described in this paper is not compared or deemed superior to other standard approaches but, rather, is presented as a potentially safe and efficient alternative.