Targeted therapeutic injections of joints, periarticular structures, tendon sheaths or bursae are among the most important treatments for inflammatory rheumatic or inflammatory activated degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Furthermore, injections of periarticular structures are also performed in post-traumatic situations or in overuse syndromes.
In this publication, we discuss indications, contraindications, the clinical and ultrasound-guided techniques preferred by the authors, and possible adverse drug reactions and side effects of intraarticular and periarticular injection.
Giorgio Tamborrini
Swiss Ultrasound Center and Institute for Rheumatology Basel, Consultant Rheumatologist University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
uzrbasel.ch and irheuma.com
Rheumatologist and Sonographer. EULAR teacher. EFSUMB Level III.
Ultrasound Injection musculoskeletal Sonography Rheumatology