Knee Joint Injection
Diagnosis:
Date of Procedure:
The patient presents today for a right/left knee joint injection today.
Procedure in Detail: The patient/family member has been informed
of the risks and benefits of the planned procedure. Procedure is right/left knee joint
injection. Informed consent was
obtained.
In the fluoroscopy room, the patient was placed in a supine position
and the skin over the right/left knee was prepped and draped in a sterile
manner. The knee joint was identified on
fluoroscopy. The skin and deeper tissues
were numbed with 0.5% lidocaine. Under
fluoroscopic guidance, a 3.5-inch, 20 gauge spinal needle was advanced into the
cavity of the knee joint. The joint was
injected with a mixture of 4 cc each of 1/8th Marcaine and 40 mg each of
methylprednisolone. The patient
tolerated the procedure well.
Complications none.
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