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Ultrasound-Guided Ankle Joint Injection

  • Phuong Uyen Le
  • Marline Sangnil
  • Karina Gritsenko
  • Soo Yeon Kim
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Abstract

This chapter includes injection of the tibiotalar and subtalar joints and the five nerves for an ankle block.

Keywords

Tibiotalar joint Subtalar joint Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis Acute traumatic arthritides Crystalloid deposition disease Mixed connective tissue disease Synovitis Ambulation Ultrasound 
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  1. Collins JM, Smithuis R, Rutten MJ. US-guided injection of the upper and lower extremity joints. Eur J Radiol. 2012;81(10):2759–70.CrossRefPubMedGoogle Scholar
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Phuong Uyen Le
    • 1
  • Marline Sangnil
    • 2
  • Karina Gritsenko
    • 3
  • Soo Yeon Kim
    • 4
  1. 1.Physical Medicine and RehabilitationMontefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronxUSA
  2. 2.Physical Medicine and RehabilitationCase Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical CenterClevelandUSA
  3. 3.Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of MedicineMontefiore Medical CenterBronxUSA
  4. 4.Physical Medicine and RehabilitationMontefiore Medical CenterBronxUSA

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