Injection techniques for common arm disorders.

Abstract

The most junior resident medical officer soon becomes proficient at lumbar puncture and pleural aspiration but placement of a needle in a synovial cavity is approached with less confidence. Although only a part of the management of soft tissue rheumatic conditions, a carefully given corticosteroid injection can be dramatically effective for severe pain localised to a bursa, tendon sheath or synovial space.

• Authors: H Moran
• Journal: Australian family physician (Aust Fam Physician) Vol. 13 Issue 2 Pg. 108, 110-1 (Feb 1984) ISSN: 0300-8495 [Print] Australia
• PMID: 6732636 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Arm
• Elbow
• Humans
• Injections (methods)
• Joint Diseases (drug therapy)
• Shoulder