Sonographically guided percutaneous needle tenotomy for treatment of common extensor tendinosis in the elbow

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1281-1289

  McShane, John M ^a   Nazarian, Levon N ^b   Harwood, Marc I ^b  

^a McShane Sports Medicine   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common extensor tendon; Elbow; Needle; Sonography; Tendinosis; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); MEDICAL IMAGING; NEEDLES; PHYSICAL THERAPY; TENDONS;

COMMON EXTENSOR TENDON; SONOGRAPHY; TENDINOSIS; TENNIS ELBOW;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW DISEASE; EXTENSOR TENDINOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750581645     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.10.1281     Document Type: Article

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