Danoob Dalili

Introduction Musculoskeletal image-guided interventional procedures represent a core service offered by musculoskeletal radiologists globally.1 Corticosteroid injections (CSI) play an instrumental role in these services, offering treatment for a wide range of degenerative and inflammatory conditions.2 At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, UK national guidelines were published cautioning against the use of CSI, in part due to the well-recognised immunosuppressive effects of CSI and in part to...

Abstract There has been some concern expressed by UK regulator, the Professional Standards Authority regarding the risks arising from Independent sonographer practices. The Professional Standards Authority presented evidence demonstrating that there are instances of harm occurring because of errors made by non-radiologists performing musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS), particularly MSKUS-guided interventions.

Thermal ablation of central liver tumors abutting the hilum predisposes the biliary ducts in particular to thermal injury, which may ultimately lead to chronic biliary strictures, leakages, or both ( 1 Marchal F. Elias D. Rauch P. et al. Biliary lesions during radiofrequency ablation in liver. Study on the pig. Eur Surg Res. 2004; 36 : 88-94 ).