Sonographically guided distal radioulnar joint injection: Technique and validation in a cadaveric model

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1587-1592

  Smith, Jay ^a,b   Rizzo, Marco ^a   Sayeed, Yusef A ^a   Finnoff, Jonathan T ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radioulnar joint; Forearm injection; Sonography; Wrist

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTION; HEALTH; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

COLORED LATEXES; FIBROCARTILAGE; FLUOROSCOPIC GUIDANCE; PAIN SYNDROMES; RADIOULNAR JOINT; SONOGRAPHIC; WRIST;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

LATEX;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; WRIST;

CADAVER; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LATEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 80655139771     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.11.1587     Document Type: Article

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