Ultrasound-Guided Knee Injections Are More Accurate Than Blind Injections: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
| Autor: | William Fang, C. Thomas Vangsness, Xiao T. Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Rehabilitation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health MEDLINE Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Evidence-based medicine Cochrane Library Ultrasound guided Jadad scale law.invention Systematic review Randomized controlled trial law Physical therapy medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Systematic Review business Contraction method |
| Zdroj: | Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation |
| ISSN: | 2666-061X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.asmr.2021.01.028 |
| Popis: | Purpose To review the current literature to determine which injection technique and needle portal placement provide the greatest accuracy for intra-articular access to the knee. Methods This study followed Preferred Reporting Items and Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. A comprehensive literature search was conducted in March 2020 and repeated in May 2020 using electronic databases PubMed, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Library. Data on the accuracy of intra-articular knee injection (successful injections/total number of injections) were collected. Only Level I studies were included. Study design, demographic variables, needle sizes, and method of validating accuracy were recorded. The Jadad score was used to assess methodologic quality, and a risk-of-bias assessment was performed. Results A total of 12 Level I human studies (1431 patients, 1315 knees) were included in this review. Seven of the studies did a direct comparison between ultrasound-guided and blind knee injections. Ultrasound-guided injections were more accurate compared with blinded knee injections in every study. The most accurate anatomical approach was an isometric quadricep contraction method with the superolateral approach. Conclusions This study showed that ultrasound-guided knee injections were more accurate across every anatomical needle injection site compared with blind injections. Injections made by a blind/anatomically guided method had inconsistent accuracy rates that seemed highly dependent on the portal of entry. Level of Evidence Level I, systematic review of Level I studies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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