Article

Ultrasound has become a useful adjunct to many procedures performed in
rehabilitation medicine. It has the advantages of cost-effectiveness, lack of
radiation, and readiness of use and the ability to make dynamic examinations
possible compared with other imaging tools. Through dynamic examinations, needles
can be guided accurately to the target sites to increase the success rates of
aspiration and injection procedures. At present, ultrasound-guided caudal
epidural, sacroiliac joint, piriformis muscle, and hip-joint injections are
commonly practiced in rehabilitation medicine. Perhaps the only disadvantage of
ultrasound-guided injection technique is the long learning curve that is required
for the physiatrists to be well acquainted with the simultaneous manipulation of
ultrasound transducers, placement of needles, and the correct interpretation of
musculoskeletal sonographic images. This is the first of two review articles on
ultrasound-guided injections. This article will review the selected
ultrasound-guided injection techniques that are performed in the low-back and
hip-joint areas. Sonographic images and schematic illustrations of these
ultrasound-guided injection techniques will be shown.

Langue : ANGLAIS