After conducting a literature review on studies reporting injection accuracy based on image verification, the accuracy rates were compared for currently accepted injections sites in the shoulder, elbow and knee.
In the glenohumeral joint, there was an 85 percent accuracy rate when surgeons used the posterior approach compared with the 45 percent accuracy rate from the anterior approach. Injection selection didn’t affect accuracy for the subacromial space, acromioclavicular joint, elbow or knee.
The use of imaging improved accuracy in the glenohumeral joint from 79 percent to 95 percent. Imaging also improved accuracy in the subacromial space from 63 percent to 100 percent, in the acromioclavicular joint from 45 percent to 100 percent and in the knee from 79 percent to 99 percent.
Read the abstract for “Improving Injection Accuracy of the Elbow, Knee and Shoulder: Does Injection Site and Imaging Make a Difference? A Systematic Review.”
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