To the Editor: In the video of arthrocentesis of the knee by Thomsen et al. (May 11 issue), 1 a folded towel is placed under the patient's knee to keep it semiflexed during the procedure. This ...

Diagnostically, arthrocentesis is indicated to rule out septic arthritis in individuals presenting with a single or several inflamed joints. Arthrocentesis can also be used to differentiate between ...

Early joint aspiration or arthrocentesis coupled with the use of a mouthguard may better relieve temporomandibular joint pain (TMJ) from arthritis than only using an occlusal splint. The study was ...

The Cochrane Oral Health Group's Trials Register, Cochrane CENTRAL (Cochrane Library), Medline and Embase were used to identify likely studies. OpenSIGLE, * CBMdisc (the Chinese Biomedical Literature ...