THEi-arthrography ukuhlolwa kwe-x-ray okuhlanganisa ukwethula umkhiqizo ohlukile ube yi-a ngokuhlanganyela, ukubuka ukwakheka kwayo, usayizi nokuqukethwe. Ivumela ukuqaphela izicubu ezithambile, lo uqwanga, lo ligaments kanye nokusebenzisana kwazo nezakhiwo zamathambo, ezingenakubonwa kalula nge-x-ray evamile.

Le nqubo isebenzisa ama-X-reyi kanye nama-ejenti wokuqhathanisa (i-opaque kuya ku-X ray).

I-Arthrography yenza kube nokwenzeka ukuqinisekisa ubuqotho bejoyinti (ezingeni lamadolo, ihlombe, i-hip, noma isihlakala, iqakala, indololwane). Futhi kwenza kube nokwenzeka ukubona ukuba khona kwesilonda kuleli zinga (okuthinta isibonelo ama-cartilages, ligaments, noma i-menisci).

Udokotela we-radiologist ubulala amagciwane esikhumbeni ukuze sihlolwe futhi abeke i-drape oyinyumba. Ngemva kokwenza izinzwa zendawo, ufaka inaliti enhle endaweni ehlangene, ngaphansi kokulawulwa kwe-fluoroscopic. I i-fluoroscopy kuyindlela yezokwelapha yokuthwebula evumela ukuthi ubuke izitho noma izakhiwo bukhoma, ngokwenza amafilimu amafushane.

Uma ilunga selifinyelelwe, udokotela ujova indlela yokuqhathanisa. Lokhu bese kwenza ilunga libonakale ezithombeni ze-X-ray.

Isiguli kuzodingeka sibambe umoya isikhathi esifushane, ngokwesicelo sikadokotela, ukuze ama-x-ray abe sezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu.

Inaliti ekugcineni ikhishiwe futhi udokotela ufaka ibhandishi endaweni yomjovo.

Ezinye zokwelapha (ezifana nomjovo we-cortisone) zingenziwa ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa.

I-Arthrography ingasetshenziswa ukuxilonga ubuhlungu obuhlangene. Ngakho, kungaba:

- a ukulimala kwe-rotator cuff, Ehlombe

- a i-complication ye-tendinitis

- a ukulimala ku-meniscus noma i-cruciate ligament, edolweni

- noma i ubukhona bomzimba wangaphandle ekuhlanganyeleni (njengocezu oluxekethile loqwanga)

Ukuhlolwa kungase kulandelwe a I-CT scan noma i-MRI (i-magnetic resonance imaging) yelunga, ukuze kwandiswe ubuningi kanye nekhwalithi yolwazi oluqoqiwe. Kubuye kuvame ukuhlanganisa lezi zivivinyo lapho udokotela angasungula ukuxilongwa okunembile mayelana ne-pathology ehlangene.