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BJR    © 2015 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology

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20 November 2015doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150978

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Guglielmi G, Masciocchi C. Interventional MSK special feature: an introduction.   Br J Radiol  2016;  89: 20150978.

INTERVENTIONAL MSK PROCEDURES SPECIAL FEATURE:

EDITORIAL

Interventional MSK special feature: an introduction

1,2GIUSEPPE GUGLIELMI,  MD  and   3CARLO MASCIOCCHI,  MD

1Department of Radiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy2

Department of Radiology, Scientific Institute   “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”  Hospital, Foggia, Italy3

Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Address correspondence to:  Professor Giuseppe Guglielmi

E-mail:  giuseppe.guglielmi@unifg.it 

In this themed issue of  BJR, we focus on the use of inter-

ventional procedures for treatment of musculoskeletal (MSK)

pathologies/indications.

This is a burgeoning area of application for interventional

technology and procedures, and it is now timely to highlight

some of the key topics in this area with a series of compre-

hensive reviews from leaders in the  eld.

From reviews covering current research and techniques

for treating key joints such as the shoulder (doi: 10.1259/

bjr.20150372), hips (doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150408), wrist

(doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150373), elbow (doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150368)

and ankle (doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150577) to articles on synovialbiopsy (doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150363), steriod injection for lower

back pain (doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150357) and interventional

MSK procedures in a paediatric population (doi: 10.1259/

bjr.20150369), this issue covers a broad spectrum of key 

topics in this   eld.

In this collection of articles, we have aimed to provide insight

on some major challenges and potential areas for growth

ahead for this fascinating   eld, including ultrasound- and

CT-guided inltration, ne-needle biopsy, drainage, treatment

of tumours, embolization, radiofrequency ablation, MR-guidedfocused ultrasound surgery and microwave thermoablation.

We hope this themed issue provides a comprehensive over-

view of where interventional MSK procedures stand now in

research and clinical practice, as well as providing some in-sight into future directions of this exciting and rapidly 

growing   eld.

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