TEACHER: Przemysław Jackowski, MD

CLASSES

I. INTRODUCTION TO THE ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION

    • How is an image created? What does the device consist of and how does the ultrasound device work?

    •  X-ray, CT, MRI or ultrasound? - indications for ultrasound examination of the musculoskeletal\system in children. Advantages and limitations of the method

II. IMAGING AND EVALUATION OF TISSUES IN ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION.

    •Typical ultrasonografic image of a muscle, tendon, ligament or cartilage.  Principles of evaluation. Anisotropy

    • Stretch, contusion or rupture - the most common tissue pathologies

III. PRINCIPLES OF ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM OF PEDIATRIC PATIENT

    • When should an ultrasound examination of the musculoskeletal system should be performed or ordered in a child?

    • Differences in examination at developmental age

    • Post-traumatic and overload changes in the musculoskeletal system of a pediatric patient.

    • Ultrasonography as a basic tool in rheumatology and pediatric oncology.

IV. ULTRASOUND ROLE IN DEVELOPMENTAL HIP DYSPLASIA OF INFANTS

    • What is the prevention of hip dysplasia in Poland?

    • Components and examination technique according to the method of prof. R. Graf

    • Evaluation of sonograms of a normal hip joint and a dysplastic joint.

V. KNEE JOINT AS A GOOD START IN ULTRASONOGRAPHY OF THE  MUSCULOSCELETAL SYSTEM.

    • Ultrasound anatomy of the knee joint of a healthy child

    • Examination technique.

    • The most common pathologies of the knee joint in ultrasound examination

    • Practical classes

  PLACE: Children's Hospital in Olsztyn