Journal article
Diagnostic and therapeutic injections of the foot and ankle—An overview
Foot and ankle surgery, Vol.24(2), pp.99-106
04/2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2017.02.001
PMID: 29409219
Abstract
•The understanding of anatomical landmarks of the foot and ankle is crucial for correct placement of diagnostic and therapeutic injections.•Joint injections can help in the decision-making for surgical treatment and surgical planning, especially if the source of pain is not completely elucidated by physical and imaging examination.•The ankle joint is the most common injected joint but a variety of other foot and ankle locations and disorders are also feasible to diagnostic and therapeutic injections.•Ultrasound and fluoroscopy-guided injections are better than imaging studies in identifying the source of pain.•Duration of pain relief after an injection procedure is predictive of good surgical outcomes.
Foot and ankle injections are useful diagnostic and therapeutic tools, particularly when the pain etiology is uncertain. A variety of foot and ankle injuries and pathologies, including degenerative joint disease, plantar fasciitis and different tendinopathies are amenable to injections. Understanding the foot and ankle anatomical landmarks, a thorough physical exam and knowledge of the different injection techniques is key for a successful approach to different pathologies. The objective of this study is to review the use of foot and ankle injections in the orthopaedic literature, present the readers with the senior author's experience and provide a comprehensive clinical guideline to the most common foot and ankle diagnostic and therapeutic injections.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Diagnostic and therapeutic injections of the foot and ankle—An overview
- Creators
- Cesar de Cesar Netto - Medstar Union Memorial Hospital – 3333 Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USALucas Furtado da Fonseca - Medstar Union Memorial Hospital – 3333 Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USAFelipe Simeone Nascimento - Medstar Union Memorial Hospital – 3333 Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USAAndres Eduardo O’Daley - University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) – 1313 13th Street South, Birmingham, Alabama, 35205, USAEric W Tan - University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine, 1520 San Pablo Street, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USAEric J Dein - Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 601 N Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USAAlexandre Leme Godoy-Santos - University of Sao Paulo, St Dr. Ovidio Pires de Campos, 333, 3rd floor, Sao Paulo, 05403-010, BrazilLew Charles Schon - Medstar Union Memorial Hospital – 3333 Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Foot and ankle surgery, Vol.24(2), pp.99-106
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.fas.2017.02.001
- PMID
- 29409219
- ISSN
- 1268-7731
- eISSN
- 1460-9584
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2018
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984040552902771
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