TY - JOUR
T1 - Peroneal tendon bupivacaine injection
T2 - Utility of concomitant injection of contrast material
AU - Mizel, Mark S.
AU - Michelson, James D.
AU - Newberg, Arthur
PY - 1996/9
Y1 - 1996/9
N2 - Twenty patients received the installation of contrast material into the peroneal tendons while local anesthetic was injected as a diagnostic test. In three patients (15%), communication with the ankle joint and subtalar joint was noted, as well as failure of the contrast to fill the distal tendon. Injection of local anesthetic into the peroneal tendons as a diagnostic measure, therefore, may not have 100% sensitivity or specificity. Simultaneous injection of contrast material can be used to alert the clinician to a lack of specificity of the anesthetic test injection.
AB - Twenty patients received the installation of contrast material into the peroneal tendons while local anesthetic was injected as a diagnostic test. In three patients (15%), communication with the ankle joint and subtalar joint was noted, as well as failure of the contrast to fill the distal tendon. Injection of local anesthetic into the peroneal tendons as a diagnostic measure, therefore, may not have 100% sensitivity or specificity. Simultaneous injection of contrast material can be used to alert the clinician to a lack of specificity of the anesthetic test injection.
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U2 - 10.1177/107110079601700911
DO - 10.1177/107110079601700911
M3 - Article
C2 - 8886786
AN - SCOPUS:0029836097
SN - 1071-1007
VL - 17
SP - 566
EP - 568
JO - Foot and Ankle International
JF - Foot and Ankle International
IS - 9
ER -