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Atlas of Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injections

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Abstract

Various pathologies afflict the knee including overuse injuries, tendinopathies, ligament sprains, nerve injuries, bursitis, meniscal tears, and various arthritides. Ultrasound guidance is particularly useful in this region for aspiration and injection of the tibiofemoral and tibiofibular joint spaces, pes anserine bursa, and Baker’s cysts. It is also a valuable tool for popliteus, iliotibial band, patellar and quadriceps tendon tenotomies, prolotherapy, and PRP injection.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology – Pain Medicine, Arnold Pain Management Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, MA, USA

    David A. Spinner DO, RMSK

  2. Department of Anesthesiology – Pain Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    Houman Danesh MD

  3. Advanced Pain Relief Center, Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, VA, USA

    Waheed S. Baksh MD, DPT

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology - Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

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  2. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

    Jonathan S. Kirschner

  3. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

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Spinner, D.A., Danesh, H., Baksh, W.S. (2014). Knee. In: Spinner, D., Kirschner, J., Herrera, J. (eds) Atlas of Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injections. Musculoskeletal Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8936-8_6

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