Table 1 Mean percentage +/− Standard deviation (SD) of the Blue pixels distributed within the CET tendon from lightest blue to darkest blue in four groups of blue colour graduation (lightest blue = group 1, darkest blue = group 4))
From: The spread of Injectate after ultrasound-guided lateral elbow injection – a cadaveric study
Injection Group | Blue pixel distribution | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lightest blue ←→ Darkest blue | ||||||||
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | |||||
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
1 ml | 98.76% | 2.00% | 94.00% | 4.01% | 79.55% | 7.49% | 44.04% | 12.54% |
3 ml | 97.91% | 2.27% | 90.87% | 7.92% | 74.98% | 12.59% | 37.83% | 15.30% |
Single shot | 98.63% | 1.96% | 92.04% | 7.26% | 74.86% | 11.25% | 39.21% | 10.29% |
Fenestrated | 98.05% | 2.35% | 92.82% | 5.59% | 79.67% | 9.32% | 42.66% | 17.33% |