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ReviewSkeletal radiology2023

Ultrasound-guided interventions of the upper extremity joints.

Rina P Patel, Kevin McGill, Daria Motamedi, Tara Morgan

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Review in Skeletal radiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rina P PatelDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. rina.patel@ucsf.edu.
Kevin McGillDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Daria MotamediDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Tara MorganDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound guidance is valuable for performing precise joint interventions. Joint interventions may be requested for therapeutic and diagnostic pain injections, joint aspiration in the setting of suspected infection, or contrast injection for arthrography. In practice, interventions of the shoulder girdle, elbow, and hand/wrist joints may be performed without any imaging guidance. However, imaging guidance results in more accurate interventions and better patient outcomes than those performed by palpation alone. When compared to other modalities used for imaging guidance, ultrasound has many potential advantages. Radiologists should be prepared to perform ultrasound-guided upper extremity joint interventions utilizing recommended techniques to optimize clinical practice and patient outcomes. KEY POINTS: 1. Ultrasound-guided injections of the glenohumeral, acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular, elbow, and hand/wrist joints have higher accuracy than injections performed without imaging guidance. 2. Ultrasound-guided aspirations of upper extremity joints have advantages to fluoroscopic-guided aspirations because of the potential to identify effusions, soft tissue abscess, or bursitis. 3. Ultrasound-guided contrast injection prior to MR arthrography is as accurate as fluoroscopic-guided injection for upper extremity joints.

Indexed as

JointsUltrasonography, InterventionalContrast MediaHumansInjections, Intra-ArticularUltrasonographyUpper ExtremityContrast MediaAcromioclavicular jointArthrographyAspirationCorticosteroid injectionElbow jointGlenohumeral jointRadiocarpal jointSternoclavicular jointTrapeziometacarpal jointUltrasound

Identifiers

PMID35962837
PMCPMC10027633
OpenAlexW4291168524

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