☆Diagnostic and therapeutic injections of the foot and ankle—An overview

What is it about?

The objective of this study is to review the use of foot and ankle injections in the orthopaedic literature, and present to the readers a comprehensive clinical guideline to the most common foot and ankle diagnostic and therapeutic injections.

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Why is it important?

The use of joint injections as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool is common among many surgeons in the orthopedic field. A successful procedure can confirm the surgeon’s suspected diagnosis, improve symptoms and serve as a guideline for treatment. In the foot and ankle, the correlation between abnormal findings noted on diagnostic imaging and patient symptoms is often weak