Do we need radiological guidance for hip joint injections?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-207

  Kurup, Harish ^a   Ward, Peter ^a  

^a DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hip; Injection; Intra articular

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; HIP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP;

EID: 77952334865     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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