Ultrasound guided procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a narrative review with illustrative examples.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Ultrasound guidance plays a pivotal role in percutaneous procedures for diagnosing and managing musculoskeletal disorders. Such procedures encompass biopsies for tumor, diagnostic aspiration and therapeutic drainage of abscesses, hematomas, cysts and fluid collections, therapeutic injections into joints, nerves, and tendons, as well as aspirations of calcium deposits and extraction of foreign bodies. This review aims to compile the most frequent ultrasound-guided procedures in the musculoskeletal system and present the state-of-the-art in current advances and evidence.

Methods

We performed a literature review on interventional ultrasound in the musculoskeletal system, and included reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and clinical trials publis

SUBMITTER: Ruiz Santiago F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11558481 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature