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Exclusion Criteria

Musculoskeletal ultrasound, although a powerful tool in the right hands, has some unavoidable limitations worth considering before booking a scan.

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• Extensive Scarring over the area

• Severe Obesity

• Intra-articular pathology (Inside the joint) - Frozen shoulder

Certain contraindications also prohibit successful completion of an ultrasound examination and therefore render an ultrasound scan inappropriate

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• Refusal to consent to the examination

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• No capacity to provide informed consent 

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• Scanning over open wounds or areas of debridement

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• Presence of infectious or contagious conditions (Although this would be risk assessed and determined on a case by case basis depending on the risk to patient and staff)

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Furthermore, Inner - vision have made the decision to exclude certain criteria based on experience, knowledge of own limitations and in the patients best interests. We have a duty of care to our patients and this will always be our priority. Any referrals which unfortunately are rejected will be accompanied by a full justified explanation and advice where possible

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• Any patient with suspected cancer. These should be referred through the two week wait referral pathway.

• Under 18s

• Any ultrasound guided interventional procedures

• Suspected pathology of intimate areas (Including male/female genitalia, breast or endocavity)

• Investigations of the eyes or mouth

• Superficial masses/lumps in the neck, axilla or groin