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Aspiration and Injection of the Knee Joint: Approach Portal
Aspiration and injection of the knee joint is a commonly performed medical procedure. Injection of corticosteroid for the treatment of osteoarthritis is the most common reason for knee joint injection, and is performed as an office procedure. Debate exists among practitioners as to the 'best...
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The Korean Knee Society
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24639940 http://dx.doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.2014.26.1.1 |
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description | Aspiration and injection of the knee joint is a commonly performed medical procedure. Injection of corticosteroid for the treatment of osteoarthritis is the most common reason for knee joint injection, and is performed as an office procedure. Debate exists among practitioners as to the 'best' approach portal for knee injection. This paper examines the various approach portals for injection and/or aspiration of the knee joint, as well as the accuracy of each approach. Searches were made of electronic databases, and appropriate papers were identified and hand-searched. Although there is some evidence that particular approach portals may be more efficacious in the presence of specific knee joint pathologies, generally, in experienced hands, it is of no clinical consequence as to which approach portal is utilised for aspiration or injection of the knee joint. No approach portal is 100% accurate, and the accuracy of injection of the knee joint may be enhanced by the use of techniques such as ultrasound. Practitioners are reminded that they should continuously refine and practice their preferred technique. Knee joint aspiration and injection is a common, simple, and generally safe office procedure. |
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spelling | pubmed-39535192014-03-17 Aspiration and Injection of the Knee Joint: Approach Portal Douglas, Robert J. Knee Surg Relat Res Review Article Aspiration and injection of the knee joint is a commonly performed medical procedure. Injection of corticosteroid for the treatment of osteoarthritis is the most common reason for knee joint injection, and is performed as an office procedure. Debate exists among practitioners as to the 'best' approach portal for knee injection. This paper examines the various approach portals for injection and/or aspiration of the knee joint, as well as the accuracy of each approach. Searches were made of electronic databases, and appropriate papers were identified and hand-searched. Although there is some evidence that particular approach portals may be more efficacious in the presence of specific knee joint pathologies, generally, in experienced hands, it is of no clinical consequence as to which approach portal is utilised for aspiration or injection of the knee joint. No approach portal is 100% accurate, and the accuracy of injection of the knee joint may be enhanced by the use of techniques such as ultrasound. Practitioners are reminded that they should continuously refine and practice their preferred technique. Knee joint aspiration and injection is a common, simple, and generally safe office procedure. The Korean Knee Society 2014-03 2014-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3953519/ /pubmed/24639940 http://dx.doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.2014.26.1.1 Text en Copyright © 2014 KOREAN KNEE SOCIETY http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Douglas, Robert J. Aspiration and Injection of the Knee Joint: Approach Portal |
title | Aspiration and Injection of the Knee Joint: Approach Portal |
title_full | Aspiration and Injection of the Knee Joint: Approach Portal |
title_fullStr | Aspiration and Injection of the Knee Joint: Approach Portal |
title_full_unstemmed | Aspiration and Injection of the Knee Joint: Approach Portal |
title_short | Aspiration and Injection of the Knee Joint: Approach Portal |
title_sort | aspiration and injection of the knee joint: approach portal |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24639940 http://dx.doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.2014.26.1.1 |
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