%0 Journal Article %T Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Orthopedics: A Helpful Tool to Improve Patient Care %J The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery %I Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Society of Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy and Sports Tramatology,Iranian Orthopaedic Association %Z 2345-4644 %A Mortazavi, SM Javad %A Nabian, Mohammad Hossein %D 2020 %\ 05/01/2020 %V 8 %N 3 %P 323-324 %! Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Orthopedics: A Helpful Tool to Improve Patient Care %K Ultrasonography %K Musculoskeletal Diseases %K Diagnosis %K Orthopedic procedures %R 10.22038/abjs.2020.47207.2306 %X An enormous technological improvement in Ultrasonography devices has occurred during last decade, providing excellent soft-tissue contrast and high spatial resolution images. Nowadays, musculoskeletal ultrasonography is going to be a stethoscope in the hand of orthopedic surgeons for the diagnosis of many musculoskeletal pathologies, as well as an accurate guide for therapeutic interventions. Therefore, it is wise for practicing orthopedic surgeons to learn musculoskeletal ultrasonography in collaboration with radiology colleagues as this would improve the patients' care . %U https://abjs.mums.ac.ir/article_15744_ea17aa9b5954b585bd421fbb5b7c1648.pdf