Spinal injections for pain management

WE Palmer - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Image-guided spinal injection is commonly performed in symptomatic patients to decrease
pain severity, confirm the pain generator, and delay or avoid surgery. This article focuses on …

Lumbar epidural steroid injections

CE Rivera - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, 2018 - pmr.theclinics.com
Low back pain is the leading cause of activity limitation and work absence throughout much
of the world, imposing a high economic burden on individuals, families, communities …

[PDF][PDF] A prospective evaluation of complications of 10,000 fluoroscopically directed epidural injections

L Manchikanti, Y Malla, BW Wargo, KA Cash… - Pain …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Background: Among the multiple modalities of treatments available in managing chronic
spinal pain, including surgery and multiple interventional techniques, epidural injections by …

Ultrasound-guided selective nerve root block versus fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal block for the treatment of radicular pain in the lower cervical spine: a …

H Jee, JH Lee, J Kim, KD Park, WY Lee, Y Park - Skeletal radiology, 2013 - Springer
Objectives To compare the short-term effects and advantages of ultrasound-guided selective
nerve root block with fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal epidural block for radicular pain in …

[PDF][PDF] Epidural steroid warning controversy still dogging FDA

L Manchikanti, KD Candido, V Singh, CG Gharibo… - Pain …, 2014 - researchgate.net
E452 www. painphysicianjournal. com medical professionals' concerns about epidural
corticosteroid injections and the risk of serious neurologic and adverse events (14). This …

Safety of epidural corticosteroid injections

I Pountos, M Panteli, G Walters, D Bush… - Drugs in R&D, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objective Epidural corticosteroid injections (ESIs) have been used
for several decades and now represent the most common intervention performed for the …

Digital subtraction angiography does not reliably prevent paraplegia associated with lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection

GC Chang-Chien, KD Candido, NN Knezevic - Pain Physician, 2012 - search.proquest.com
Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) has been touted as a radiologic adjunct to
interventional neuraxial procedures where it is imperative to identify vascular compromise …

The complications of transforaminal lumbar epidural steroid injections

H Karaman, GÖ Kavak, A Tüfek, ZB Yldrm - Spine, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A prospective observational study. Objective. In this study, we aimed to
investigate the major and minor complications of transforaminal lumbar epidural steroid …

Freehand real-time MRI-guided lumbar spinal injection procedures at 1.5 T: feasibility, accuracy, and safety

J Fritz, C Thomas, S Clasen… - American Journal of …, 2009 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that freehand real-time
MRI-guided lumbar spinal injection procedures are feasible, accurate, and safe when …

The rate of detection of intravascular injection in cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injections with and without digital subtraction angiography

JP McLean, JD Sigler, CT Plastaras, CW Garvan… - PM&R, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether digital subtraction angiography (DSA) combined with
real-time fluoroscopic imaging improves the detection rate of intravascular injection during …