Ultrasound – Greater Occipital Nerve Block
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrAknsAhfIU
Machine: SonoSite M-Turbo
Transducer: HFL50 linear probe
Initial landmark:
Locate the external occipital protuberance.
Go 3-cm down, and 1.5-cm laterally.
Ultrasound – Tibiotalar Joint Injection and Aspiration
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD3g1Erujfk
Transducer: SonoSite L25 probe
Ultrasound – Cervical Spine Injection
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5NCalYhHmM
Transducer: SonoSite C60 curved array probe
Viewed: Epidural space (interlaminar), facet joint line, foramen, vertebral artery
Ultrasound – Metacarpophalangeal Joint Exam
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3OBNYpqsmU
Transducer: SonoSite L25
Ultrasound – Foot and Ankle Exam
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f51cq3_aFQ
Transducer: L25
Structures viewed: Tibiotalar joint, fibulotalar space, extensor tendons, dorsalis pedis artery, tarsal tunnel tendons, peroneus tendons, achilles tendon, retrocalcaneal bursa
Ultrasound – Axilla Nerve Blocks
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaH-CO6OrV0
Nerves blocked in the axilla: Median, Axillary, Ulnar, Radial, Musculocutaneous
Conditions
Bertolotti’s syndrome – Atypical Cause of Low Back Pain
By Chris Faubel, M.D. -- Bertolotti's syndrome is an atypical cause of axial low back pain or buttock pain caused by a transitional lumbar vertebrae with a large transverse process that either fuses with the sacrum (sacral ala) or ilium, or forms a pseudoarticulation at that location.
Imaging
Auto-Resorption of Lumbar Disc Herniation
By Chris Faubel, M.D. -- MRIs one year apart showing resorption of a large lumbar disc herniation. This is spontaneous resorption of the disc without any surgical intervention.
