title: Value of ultrasound before joint aspiration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to illustrate and discuss the value of ultra-sound screening before joint aspiration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Before joint aspiration, ultrasound assessment of the overlying and surrounding soft tissues requires little time and is relatively inexpensive. Bursal fluid collections, soft-tissue abscesses, and other fluid collections that would be undetected with fluoroscopy or blind aspiration can thus be identified. Ultrasound screening before joint aspiration can aid diagnosis and decrease the risk of iatrogenic complications.
authors: Department of Radiology, A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Rm TC2910, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5326, USA.
authors: Tyson A
authors: TA
authors: Hadduck
authors: Marnix T
authors: MT
authors: van Holsbeeck
authors: Gandikota
authors: G
authors: Girish
authors: Qian
authors: Q
authors: Dong
authors: Yoav
authors: Y
authors: Morag
authors: Jon A
authors: JA
authors: Jacobson
authors: David P
authors: DP
authors: Fessell
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D061765:Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media