bursal-side partial thickness incomplete tear of the su-
praspinatus tendon” or “’hydrodissection of the median
nerve from the flexor retinaculum using the ulnar-side
in-plane approach”, respectively (Video 3 1 ). In short,
for US-guided interventions, we need to clarify the
exact lesion, the precise target and the prompt injectate
and technique (10). This raises the question of whether
we will still use the same (or a new) language after US
has been widely welcomed into PRM.
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Accepted Jan 30, 2019; Epub ahead of print Feb 15, 2019
Levent Özçakar, MD 1 and Vincenzo Ricci, MD 2
From the Hacettepe University Medical School, Department
of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ankara, Turkey and
2
IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Department of Biome-
dical and Neuromotor Science, Physical and Rehabilitation
Medicine Unit, Bologna, Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
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Letter to the Editor
J Rehabil Med 51, 2019