Main description:

This practical guide is ideal for healthcare professionals, including family medicine and sports medicine physicians, who wish to integrate peripheral joint and soft tissue injection procedures into their practices. Emphasis is placed on helping clinicians perform injections with accuracy and efficiency. Procedures are presented in a step-by-step fashion. A wealth of illustrations adds clarity, and fluoroscopic images are featured where applicable. Billing and coding are covered in order to aid readers in obtaining reimbursement. Chart documentation designed to improve patient management and medical-legal protection is presented via ready-to-use templates that can be inserted into office notes. Key information on needle gauge sizes and medication dosages is summarized in an easily accessible table. A useful discussion on conducting clinical trials is outlined as well.

Contents:

Basic principles of joint and soft tissue injection procedures.- Pharmacotherapy of joint and soft tissue injections.- Viscosupplementation.- Low back pain: considerations of when to refer patients for interventional spine procedures.- Administrative aspects of office-based injection procedures.- The shoulder.- The elbow.- The wrist.- The hand.- The hip.- The knee and its region.- The ankle and the foot