Musculoskeletal ultrasound in orthopedic practice

摘要

Point-of-care ultrasound brings great value to patient care in orthopedic practice, especially for soft tissue problems. It offers safe, cost effective, and real time evaluation for soft tissue pathologies and helps narrow down the differential diagnosis. There are varieties of soft tissue lesions in orthopedic practice with classic clinical presentations that may not necessitate ultrasound examination for confirmation of diagnosis, for example ganglion cysts. However, there is value in performing ultrasound scans for these common soft tissue lesions.