Silver’s Joint and Soft Tissue Injection: Injecting with Confidence, Sixth Edition

 

Description:

 

This popular and practical book is a comprehensive guide to diagnosing joint conditions and the benefits, and potential pitfalls, of steroid injections, an important tool in managing these problems used by an increasing range of practitioners. It considers all the practical aspects of injection as well as providing general information, discussing medico-legal issues and highlighting clinical errors to avoid. This sixth edition has been completely revised and expanded. Key features include: two new chapters on the evidence base and inflammatory arthropathy updated physiotherapy assessment and treatment options now incorporated within the chapters on joint injections full-colour photographs and additional explanatory illustrations The book describes, step-by-step, the required skills for each procedure, providing every practitioner with the knowledge needed to inject with confidence.

 

 

Table of Contents:

 

Preface to the first edition

Preface to the second edition

Preface to the third edition

Preface to the fourth edition

Preface to the fifth edition

Preface to the sixth edition

Introduction

About the author

Contributors

Abbreviations

1 Incidence and general principles

Frequency of injection

Anticoagulation

Choice of steroid

Contraindications to the use of steroids

Local anaesthetic

Post-injection advice

References

Further reading

2 Joint and soft tissue corticosteroid injection: what is the evidence?

Introduction

Upper limb

Shoulder

Elbow

Hand

Lower limb

Hip

Hip/knee

Foot

What should we inject?

How often do we inject?

Is it safe to inject in the diabetic patient?

What is the role of image-guided injection?

References

3 Medico-legal issues, complications and consent

Introduction

Technique of the procedure

Untoward complications of steroid injection

Lipodystrophy

Loss of skin pigment

Hyperglycaemia

Infection

Pain after injection

Potential complications from injection

Informed consent

‘Prudent doctor/prudent patient’

Implied consent

Express consent

Injection procedures

Written consent

Documentation of consent

References

Further reading

4 The challenge of recognising and managing inflammatory arthritis

Introduction

Background: the burden of inflammatory disease

Challenges to diagnosis

How to diagnose

Clinical findings

Special investigations

Management

Injecting in inflammatory arthritis

Conclusion

References

5 The shoulder

Introduction

Presentation and diagnosis

Pitfalls in diagnosis

Referred pain to the tip of the shoulder

Pain referred to the deltoid insertion

Functional anatomy

The acromioclavicular joint

Examination of the shoulder

What the pain means

Pain on resisted abduction

Resisted external rotation

Resisted internal rotation

Resisted supination and flexion of the forearm

Injection technique

Anterior approach

Lateral (subacromial) approach

Posterior approach

Bicipital tendinosis

Injection technique

Acromioclavicular joint arthritis

Injection technique

Physiotherapy: the shoulder

Summary

Shoulder impingement

‘Frozen’ shoulder/shoulder capsulitis

Acromioclavicular joint arthritis

References

6 The wrist and hand

Incidence

Common problems treated with steroid injections

The first carpometacarpal joint

Presentation and diagnosis

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Metacarpal and interphalangeal joints

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Presentation and diagnosis

Tinel’s test

Phelan’s test

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis

Presentation and diagnosis

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Post-injection advice

Trigger finger

Presentation and diagnosis

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Physiotherapy: wrist and hand

First carpometacarpal, metacarpal and interphalangeal joint osteoarthritis

Carpal tunnel syndrome

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis

Trigger finger

References

7 The elbow

Introduction

Tennis elbow

Presentation and diagnosis

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Golfer’s elbow

Presentation and diagnosis

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Post-injection advice

Lipodystrophy

Physiotherapy: tennis and golfer’s elbow

Olecranon bursitis

Elbow joint

Presentation

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Physiotherapy: elbow joint

8 Conditions around the hip and thigh

The hip

Trochanteric bursitis

Injection technique

Ischiogluteal bursitis (hamstring tendinopathy)

Injection technique

Meralgia paraesthetica

Injection technique

Iliotibial band friction syndrome

Presentation and diagnosis

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Physiotherapy: conditions around the hip and thigh

Trochanteric bursitis

Ischiogluteal bursitis

Meralgia paraesthetica

Iliotibial band friction syndrome

Reference

9 The knee joint

Introduction

Presentation and diagnosis

Functional anatomy

Aspiration and injection therapy

Technique of aspiration and injection

Aspiration

Injection

Physiotherapy: the knee

References

Further reading

10 The ankle and foot

Introduction

Functional anatomy

Presentation of some common problems

Injection technique

Ankle sprains

Achilles tendon

Plantar fasciitis: the painful heel

Injection technique

Tarsal tunnel syndrome

The ankle joint

Injection technique

Tibialis posterior tendinosis

Functional anatomy

Injection technique

Physiotherapy: the ankle and foot

Ankle sprains

Plantar fasciitis

Tarsal tunnel

Ankle arthritis

Tibialis posterior tendinosis

References

11 Musculoskeletal imaging and therapeutic options in soft tissue disorders

Introduction

Pathophysiology

When to image

Imaging modalities

Radiography

Magnetic resonance imaging

Ultrasound

Relative merits for different imaging modalities

Imaging of joints

General principles

The shoulder

Achilles tendon

The ankle

Plantar fascia

The knee

Ultrasound in inflammatory disease

Ultrasound-guided injection

Calcific tendinosis

Shockwave therapy

Educational aspects of reporting

Resource implications

Summary

Further reading

Index

 

An aparitie	13 Dec. 2018
Autor	David Silver
Dimensiuni	15.88 x 1.27 x 22.86 cm
Editura	CRC Press
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9781138604209
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	168