Frequency of successful intra-articular puncture of finger joints: Influence of puncture position and physician experience

Rheumatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1503-1505

  Pichler, Wolfgang ^a   Grechenig, W ^a   Grechenig, S ^a   Anderhuber, F ^a   Clement, H ^a   Weinberg, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Finger joint; Intra articular injection; Joint puncture

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER JOINT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RESIDENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLORING AGENTS; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 52949129168     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken295     Document Type: Article

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