• Hao-Lun Kao, Guo-Shu Huang, Chi-Tun Tang, Fu-Chi Yang, Kuo-Hua Chao, Han-Bin Huang, and Yi-Chih Hsu.
• Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
• J Chin Med Assoc. 2024 Jan 1; 87 (1): 131137131-137.

BackgroundConventional epidurography (CE) is thought to have insufficient usefulness on percutaneous epidural adhesiolysis (PEA). We aimed to evaluate the association between the outcome of PEA and cone-beam computed tomography-reformatted epidurography (CBCT-RE).MethodsAfter ethics board approval and written informed consent were obtained, we performed 30 PEA in 26 participants, and evaluated their post-PEA image findings. Two independent radiologists categorized and recorded the occurrence of contrast in the intracanal ventral and extraforaminal regions on CE, and in the dorsal canal (DC), ventral canal (VC), dorsal foramen (DF), and ventral foramen (VF) on CBCT-RE. Reproducibility was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). Baseline characteristics along with contrast distribution patterns of CE and CBCT-RE were analyzed in terms of their association with symptom relief at 1 month after PEA.ResultsThe rate of patients with symptoms relief >50% after PEA was 63.3%. The inter-reader agreement was higher for CBCT-RE (ICC = 0.955) than for CE (ICC = 0.793). Participants with contrast coexisting in VC and DF adjacent to the irritated nerve root on CBCT-RE ( p = 0.015) had a significantly better response after PEA than those without contrast at these locations on CBCT-RE, independent of baseline characteristics (adjusted odds ratio: 11.414 [ p = 0.012]).ConclusionCBCT-RE with identifying contrast distribution patterns is useful for predicting outcome of PEA.Copyright © 2023, the Chinese Medical Association.

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