Dr. Paula Rackoff answers the question: 'Using Joint Aspiration For Diagnosis?' — -- Question: What is joint aspiration and how is it used to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis?

Joint aspiration (also called arthrocentesis) is a procedure that sucks fluid from your knee, hip, shoulder, or other joints. Your doctor may do it to help with swelling and fluid related to an injury ...

Effusions of the knee joint are commonly seen in general practice, and both aspiration and steroid injection may be confidently undertaken. An effusion is often detected and both knees should be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Videos on knee arthrocentesis posted by health care professionals on YouTube had a low to average mean global ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Investigators of a level 1 study discovered that intra-articular aspiration provided temporary ...

I have a patient with recurrent attacks of acute arthritis of the knee that last for about 1 week and then subside spontaneously. Joint aspiration shows inflammatory change with no crystal but a very ...