3D Video: Elbow – Medial Aspect

2 - [Voiceover] A linear array transducer

- [Voiceover] A linear array transducer

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4 with a musculoskeletal exam type

with a musculoskeletal exam type

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6 is used to perform an
is used to perform an 7 ultrasound examination

ultrasound examination

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9 of the medial elbow,

of the medial elbow.

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11 The patient is placed in a supine position

The patient is placed in a supine position

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13 with the elbow slightly flexed,

with the elbow slightly flexed,

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15 and the forearm forcefully
and the forearm forcefully 16 externally rotated

externally rotated

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18 and resting on the examination table,

and resting on the examination table.

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20 The transducer is placed
The transducer is placed 21 over the medial epicondyle

over the medial epicondyle

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23 in a longitudinal fashion,
in a longitudinal fashion, 24 with the orientation marker

with the orientation marker

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26 directed towards the patient's head,

directed towards the patient's head.

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28 The flexor tendon can be seen

The flexor tendon can be seen

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30 as a fibrillar patterned structure,

as a fibrillar patterned structure.

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32 The medial epicondyle is seen as

The medial epicondyle is seen as

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34 a bright, hyperechoic, curved structure

a bright, hyperechoic, curved structure

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36 lying below the tendon,

lying below the tendon.

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38 The anterior bundle of the
The anterior bundle of the 39 medial collateral ligament

medial collateral ligament

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41 can be seen as a thin, hyperechoic band

can be seen as a thin, hyperechoic band

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43 that runs between the medial
that runs between the medial 44 epicondyle and the ulna,

epicondyle and the ulna.

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46 Dynamic scanning with valgus stress

Dynamic scanning with valgus stress

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48 can be used to evaluate the
can be used to evaluate the 49 medial collateral ligament

medial collateral ligament

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51 for laxity or injuries,

for laxity or injuries.

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