Index
- What are ultrasound-guided infiltrations?
- Why is it performed?
- What does it consist of?
- Contraindications
- Care after the procedure
- Alternatives to treatment
What are ultrasound-guided infiltrations?
Ultrasound-guided infiltration is a technique for treating joint, tendon, fascia, muscle and ligament pathology by introducing medicinal substances, with a precision of practically 100%, into the injured tissue or structure.
The infiltrations can be of various products:
- Percutaneous electrolysis
- Corticoids: anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive and analgesic drugs, which suppress pain and cause great symptomatic improvement quickly and effectively.
- Plasma enriched in platelets or “growth factors”: it is the patient’s blood, conveniently treated, so that it has a very high concentration of platelets, which in turn have the proteins that begin tissue regeneration.
- Collagen: the injection of this product can repair the collagen damaged by the injury.
- Ozone: useful for chronic injuries, having applications in diabetic foot.
- Local anesthetics
- Hypertonic glucose solutions, called prolotherapy, are solutions that cause tissue damage, favoring the initiation of the inflammatory-anti-inflammatory cascade in chronic and arthritic pathology.
- Hyaluronic acid: it favors joint and tendon sliding.
Why is it performed?
The infiltrationsecoguiadas infiltrations can be used in virtually any pathology that presents with pain and inflammation.
What does it consist of?
It is a technique that is performed in consultation and under conditions of total antisepsis (to avoid any infection).
It consists of infiltrating medicinal substances with the help of an ultrasound guide, which makes it possible to assess the painful tissue, see the damaged part and guide, under direct vision, a needle there to heal it.
Contraindications of ultrasound-guided infiltrations
It is important to allow time to elapse between infiltration and infiltration to avoid complications. It is therefore recommended not to infiltrate the same site more than 3 or 4 times in a year.
Care after the procedure
Patients do not experience adverse reactions because damage to structures such as veins or arteries, peripheral nerves and healthy tissue is avoided, so that the incorporation to daily life and sports is immediate. The only care recommended after the infiltration is to keep the area in relative rest for a couple of days.
Alternatives to this treatment
Infiltrations, but it has been scientifically proven that ultrasound-guided infiltration is much more effective than non-ultrasound-guided infiltration, due to the precision achieved by seeing the entire path of the needle and the patient’s tissue in real time.