Does the anteromedial or anterolateral approach alter the rate of joint puncture in injection of the ankle? A cadaver study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 176-178

  Heidari, N ^a,b   Pichler, W ^a   Grechenig, S ^a   Grechenig, W ^a   Weinberg, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANTEROLATERAL JOINT PUNCTURE; ANTEROMEDIAL JOINT PUNCTURE; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ANKLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURE; SUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; CADAVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUNCTURES; SUCTION;

EID: 75649132858     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B1.22355     Document Type: Article

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