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By Specialty / Musculoskeletal

SonoSite's ultrasound systems are designed to enable the ultrasound user to diagnose, monitor and provide intervention for a broad range of musculoskeletal conditions. The system provides quick, safe and affordable access to otherwise undetectable anatomical information.

Faster Diagnoses - Greater Accuracy.

• Ensuring accurate injections ^{(3, 4)}, especially in difficult cases ^{(5, 6, 7)}
• Guiding aspirations ⁽⁸⁾
• Rapidly diagnosing common sports injuries ⁽⁹⁾
• Enabling the detection of RA at its earliest stages ⁽¹⁰⁾

SonoSite hand-carried systems -

Built for the way you want to use ultrasound

Similar in size and appearance to a laptop computer and weighing under eight pounds, it goes anywhere you need it: office, playing field, courtside, bedside, and OR. Each system is designed to be intuitive, with training available from professional sonographers and doctors who use ultrasound every day.

First Hand Experience

• First Hand Experience, MSK - Dr. Funk (PDF)
• First Hand Experience Roundtable (PDF)

SonoSite Products for MSK

• S Series™ »
• M-Turbo™ »
• MicroMaxx® »
  MicroMaxx for Musculoskeletal Exams (PDF)

(1) Kane D, et al. Musculoskeletal ultrasound - a state of the art review in rheumatology. Part 2: Clinical indications for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology. Rheumatology 2004;43:829
(2) Grassi W, Filipucci E, Busilacchi P. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. Best Practices and Research Clinical Rheumatology 2004;18:813
(3) Qvistgaard E, et al. Guidance by ultrasound of intra-articular injections in the knee and hip joints. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2001;9:512-517
(4) Migliore A, et al. Open pilot study of ultrasound-guided intra-articular injection of hylan G-F 20 (Synvisc) in the treatment of symptomatic hip osteoarthritis. Clinical Rheumatology 2005; 24:285-289 (5) Ibid.
(6) Naredo E, et al. A randomized comparative study of short term response to blind injection versus sonographic-guided injection of local corticosteroids in patients with painful shoulder. J Rheumatology 2004; 31:308-314.
(7) Peetrons P, et al. Interventional Procedures in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound. Seminars in Interventional Radiology 2002;19:189-196.
(8) Balint PV, et al. Ultrasound-guided versus conventional joint and soft tissue fluid aspiration in rheumatology practice: a pilot study. J Rheumatology 2002;29:2209-13
(9) Sofka C. Ultrasound in Sports Medicine. Seminars in Interventional Radiology 2004;6:17-27.
(10) Kane D, et al. Musculoskeletal ultrasound - a state of the art review in rheumatology. Part 2: Clinical indications for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology. Rheumatology 2004;43:829.

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