A randomized controlled trial evaluating the cost-effectiveness of sonographic guidance for intra-articular injection of the osteoarthritic knee

WL Sibbitt Jr, PA Band, LG Kettwich… - JCR: Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective The present randomized controlled study investigated whether sonographic
needle guidance affected the outcomes of intra-articular injection for osteoarthritis of the …

A randomised controlled trial of the reciprocating syringe in arthrocentesis

HT Draeger, JM Twining, CR Johnson… - Annals of the …, 2006 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of arthrocentesis with the new highly controllable, one
handed reciprocating procedure syringe compared with a conventional syringe. Methods …

Control and performance characteristics of eight different suction biopsy devices

RR Sibbitt, WL Sibbitt, SE Nunez, LG Kettwich… - Journal of vascular and …, 2006 - Elsevier
To determine the control and performance characteristics of eight different suction biopsy
devices. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Physician control of the syringe and needle was …

Patients with needle phobia? Try stress-reducing medical devices: a randomized controlled trial comparing decorated and plain syringes and butterfly needles.

SC Kettwich, WL Sibbitt Jr, LG Kettwich… - Journal of family …, 2006 - go.gale.com
Needle phobia--fear of needles, syringes, intravenous therapy, and medical devices--can
seriously compromise medical care.(1-7) We hypothesized that a novel cognitive therapy …

Safety syringes and anti-needlestick devices in orthopaedic surgery

WL Sibbitt Jr, PA Band, LG Kettwich, CR Sibbitt… - JBJS, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS), The Joint
Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the …

Reduced pain of intraarticular hyaluronate injection with the reciprocating procedure device

SE Nunez, HT Draeger, DP Rivero… - JCR: Journal of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Background: Greater than 50% of patients report significant pain with intraarticular injection
of hyaluronate. The reciprocating procedure device (RPD), also known the reciprocating …

A randomized controlled trial of the reciprocating procedure device for intraarticular injection of corticosteroid.

AD Bankhurst, SE Nunez, HT Draeger… - The Journal of …, 2007 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Injection of intraarticular corticosteroid remains an important therapy for
inflammatory arthritis. In a randomized controlled trial we compared the new reciprocating …

A randomized, controlled trial of the reciprocating procedure device for local anesthesia

SE Nunez, EJ Bedrick, SC Kettwich, LG Kettwich… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the new reciprocating procedure device
(RPD) is superior to the conventional syringe for the administration of local anesthesia …

New device technologies for subcutaneous fat biopsy

LG Kettwich, WL Sibbitt Jr, NS Emil, U Ashraf… - Amyloid, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Subcutaneous fat biopsy is useful for the evaluation of amyloidosis, environmental
contaminants, lipid metabolism, genetic studies and diabetes research. The present study …

[CITATION][C] Stress-reducing syringes

SC Kettwich, WL Sibbitt Jr, LG Kettwich, CJ Palmer…