"Tennis elbow" injection

With the elbow flexed and pronated, the needle is inserted at the most tender area on the anterolateral aspect of the external condyle of the humerus. A combination of glucocorticoid and local anesthetic is injected in several areas.

Reproduced from Owen DS. Aspiration and injection of joints in soft tissue. In: Textbook of Rheumatology, 4th edition, Kelley WN, Harris ED Jr, Ruddy S, et al (Eds), WB Saunders, Philadelphia 1993. p.545.

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