Hip in infants and children.
When the clinical picture is unclear, ultrasound determination of the presence or absence of an effusion can guide the clinician in the diagnosis and need for further evaluation. Sonography can be used to guide arthrocentesis, thus avoiding the ionizing radiation accompanying fluoroscopically guided aspiration.
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Department of Radiology, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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