Image-guided spine interventions for pain: ongoing controversies

ME Peckham, TS Miller, TJ Amrhein… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by Jeffrey A. Belair discussing this article. An expanding
array of image-guided spine interventions have the potential to provide immediate and …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of a multimodal pain management concept for patients with cervical radiculopathy with focus on cervical epidural injections

A Benditz, M Brunner, F Zeman, F Greimel, V Florian… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Cervical radiculopathy has become an increasing problem worldwide. Conservative
treatment options have been recommended in many reviews on cervical radiculopathy …

Safety of CT‐guided cervical nerve root corticosteroid injections

MW Lukies, WWH Teoh… - Journal of Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Computed tomography‐guided cervical nerve root corticosteroid injections are
a commonly performed procedure for cervical radiculopathy. There have been major …

Spinal cord injury by direct damage during CT-guided C7 transforaminal epidural steroid injection

MC Chang - American Journal of Physical Medicine & …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) under the guidance of computed
tomography (CT) can offer great anatomical resolution and precise needle placement in the …

Contrast flow patterns based on needle tip position during cervical transforaminal epidural injections

J Levin, D Levi, N Gall, S Horn, M Smuck - PM&R, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Few studies have evaluated the effect of final needle position on contrast flow
patterns during the performance of cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injections …

Does the contrast dispersion pattern during fluoroscopically guided cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection predict short-term pain and functional outcomes …

A Conger, BP Sperry, CW Cheney, K Kuo… - Pain …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Summary of Background Data No study has evaluated the relationship between
contrast dispersion patterns and outcomes after fluoroscopically guided cervical …

[HTML][HTML] Extraforaminal needle tip position reduces risk of intravascular injection in CT-fluoroscopic lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections

KY Robinson, GM Lagemann, A Ghodadra… - Journal of spine …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection is a common and effective tool
for managing lumbar radicular pain, although accidental intravascular injection can rarely …

Société d'imagerie musculosquelettique (SIMS), Fédération de radiologie interventionnelle (FRI), and Société française de radiologie (SFR) recommendations for …

A Cotten, JL Drapé, N Sans, A Feydy… - Diagnostic and …, 2018 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Société d'imagerie musculosquelettique (SIMS), Fédération de radiologie interventionnelle (FRI),
and Société française de radiologie (SFR) recommendations for epidural and transforaminal …

Extraforaminal Cervical Selective Nerve Root Block‐Description of a Posterolateral Approach With Cone Beam–Based CT Guidance

S Reddy, J Wu - Pain Practice, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cervical selective nerve root blocks (C‐SNRBs) maintain utility for presurgical
planning in patients with cervical radiculopathy. Traditional fluoroscopic or stationary …

Complications of Cervical and Thoracic Transforaminal Epidural Block

A Bhaskar, A Thottungal - Complications of Pain‐Relieving …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fluoroscopy‐guided cervical and thoracic transforaminal blocks are usually practised only
by experienced clinicians. This is mainly due to the high risk of complications as a result of …