The influence of ultrasound guidance in the rate of success of acromioclavicular joint injection: An experimental study on human cadavers

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1694-1697

  Borbas, Paul ^a,b   Kraus, Tanja ^b   Clement, Hans ^b   Grechenig, Stefan ^b   Weinberg, Annelie Martina ^b   Heidari, Nima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

AC joint; Acromioclavicular; Arthritis; Joint injection; Shoulder; Sonographic guidance

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84869493778     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2011.11.036     Document Type: Article

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