Clinical examination, ultrasound assessment and aspiration of knee effusion in primary knee osteoarthritis patients.
Noha Abdelhalim ElsawyAya Hanafy IbrahiemGihan Abdellatif YounisMarwa Ahmed MeheissenYousra Hisham Abdel-FattahPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2023)
The superiority of the US over clinical examination in detecting knee effusion suggests that US should be used routinely to confirm the presence of effusion. Long needles (spinal needle) may have a higher success rate of aspiration than shorter needles.