Publications by authors named "Rodrigo Oliveira Carvalho de Aguiar"

Objective: To describe an ultrasound guided technique of shoulder joint injection at the rotator interval space, using an endocavitary transducer and performed by a radiologist with no previous experience with arthrography.

Materials And Method: Accuracy of the intra-articular puncture and incidence of complications were evaluated in 180 consecutive patients submitted to joint puncture for shoulder MR arthrography.

Results: Puncture was accomplished successfully in all cases, of which 92% with one attempt, and 8% with two, both well tolerated by patients.

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