Under the patronage of Prof. Mohamed Zaki El-Dahshoury – Dean of the Faculty, and Prof. Mohamed Salah El-Din Fahmy – Executive Director of Aswan University Hospitals, under the supervision of Dr. Loai Ajlan – Head of the Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation at Aswan Faculty of Medicine, the department held a workshop on Tuesday morning, December 31, 2024, at the Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Clinic at the University Hospital on:
“Ultrasound and Joint Injections”
The workshop included the following: –
-Ultrasound of the hand and wrist joints for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who is experiencing joint inflammation.
-Shoulder ultrasonography was performed on four cases of shoulder tendon suffocation, and local injections were given to the eligible patients.
-Hand ultrasonography of the knees and ankles for a youngster with immunological arthritis who had not responded to previous treatments.
-To treat frozen shoulder, a suprascapular nerve block was performed.
-A patient’s shoulder was injected while it was inflamed due to rheumatoid arthritis.
-A knee effusion was removed for a patient who had active inflammation of the knee joint due to psoriasis.
“Ajlan,” the department’s chief, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to those in charge of this work, as a group of doctors from the department attended the workshop, wishing for continued progress and success for his sons, the doctors, and a rapid recovery for all patients.
