USG stawu kolanowego

Ultrasound of the knee joint

The knee joint is often injured, especially in the group of young active patients. Knee ultrasonography is an excellent initial examination that allows for the initial assessment of a clinical problem. It often makes it possible to make a final diagnosis and direct the patient to further therapeutic procedures. In the assessment of the knee joint in ultrasound, the ability to move the joint during the examination is extremely useful. In this way, the researcher obtains additional information about the stability of given structures during the impact of external forces on them.

Ultrasonography of the knee joint allows for the diagnosis of injuries such as meniscal damage, post-traumatic or overload damage to the tendons and ligaments of the joint. Ultrasound perfectly visualizes joint effusion, Baker's cyst or bursa surrounding the joint.