Background: Seeking for efficient adjuvants to the regional nerve block is still under research, with medication that increases time of analgesia but lesser side effects. Objectives: The purpose this research was study safety and efficacy different additives, namely dexmedetomidine ketamine when added bupivacaine in ultrasound-guided supraclavicular block, assess onset duration sensory motor se...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the feasibility of ultrasound guided atlanto-occipital joint injection. METHOD Six atlanto-occipital joints of three cadavers were examined. Cadavers were placed in prone position with their head slightly rotated towards the contra-lateral side. The atlanto-occipital joint was initially identified with a longitudinal ultrasound scan at the midline between occipital protu...

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease that can cause pain and limited function. One of the non-surgical treatments is intra-articular ozone injection. This study aimed to compare the effect of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection with ozone injection in patients with grade 3 osteoarthritis of the knee. Methods: This randomized, double-blind, clinical trial was carried...

BACKGROUND It is controversial whether ultrasound-guided injection of corticosteroid is superior to palpation-guided injection for plantar fasciitis. This meta-analysis was performed to compare the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided and palpation-guided injection of corticosteroid for the treatment of plantar fasciitis. METHODS Databases (MEDLINE, Cochrane library and EMBASE) and reference li...

Development and use of linear-array echoendoscope and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) have made endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) more of an interventional procedure than a purely diagnostic procedure. This is a literature review of previously published clinical studies on EUS-guided direct intervention for solid pancreatic tumors, including EUS-guided fine needle inject...