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| Dr. Joel Aronowitz |
Dr. Joel Aronowitz: “This patient has signs typical of degenerative arthritis. You can see these knuckle joints called the metacarpal phalangeal joints. This one is particularly swollen in the thumb. The interphalangeal joint is particularly swollen and so is the more proximal joint.
And this joint called the basal joint of the thumb where the metacarpal meets the wrist bones. So I'm going to inject a little steroid into the joint for pain relief and that should last several months. So I'm going to feel the joint and I can feel here that I'm in that joint. I'm just going to inject a little bit of lidocaine with steroid to give her a little relief from the pain of the degenerative arthritis.
There you have it. Very painful to do when the patient's awake, so it's nicer to do it while she's asleep for another operation.”
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