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Hand Pain and Swelling
A 25-year-old female presented with a complaint of pain and swelling in the right hand for 3 days after being bitten by a gecko 3 days ago. A soft tissue POCUS examination was...
Ultrasound-Guided Injections for Musculoskeletal Injuries
During this webinar, Mark Edmon F. Tan, MD, DPBRM will discuss the use of point-of-care ultrasound in improving the accuracy of the treatment of various musculoskeletal injuries....
POCUS Instrumental in Diagnosing the Rare Morel-Lavallee Lesion
Morel-Lavallee lesions (MLL) are closed degloving injuries resulting from trauma. Degloving injuries occur when the skin and subcutaneous tissue are separated from the connective...
Ultrasound in the Realm of Diagnosing Low Back Pain
By Beshoi Nashed Chronic pain is a complex issue that has become a major societal problem over the past several years. Pain can either be present due to disease or injury or can...
Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) to Improve Total Musculoskeletal (MSK) Health
The use of portable, handheld ultrasound devices is rapidly expanding across specialties. In the field of Musculoskeletal (MSK) medicine, an MSK ultrasound can be a great tool to...
Using POCUS to Improve Total Musculoskeletal Health
Alexa Chandler, M.S., CSCS,*D, is a doctoral student studying Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina. She earned her bachelor’s degree with honors in Exercise...
Point-of-Care Ultrasound is Redefining the Way We Evaluate Muscle Trauma
A recent analysis by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) showed that musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions impact approximately 1.71 billion people globally. According to the World...
Evaluating Muscle Trauma: POCUS as First Line Imaging
About Our Speaker Dr. Alexander Talaska works as a radiologist in Vienna, focusing on musculoskeletal sonography in diagnostics and therapeutic interventions as well as emergency...
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