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- Ayman E Galhom and Mohammad A al-Shatouri.
- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal, University Hospital, 41522, Ismailia, Egypt. aiman2gm@hotmail.com
- Clin Imaging. 2013 Jul 1;37(4):649-56.
PurposeTo evaluate the benefit of fluoroscopy-guided lumbar spine interventional procedures in treatment of low back pain.MethodsThis prospective descriptive study was performed on 60 patients with back/radicular pain after showing no improvement with conservative treatment.ResultsOne hundred and two injection sessions were done (average 1.7 injection per patient). Caudal and lumbar transforaminal injections were effective in 55.9% and 78.5%, respectively. Facet and sacroiliac interventions were effective in 28.3% and 10%, respectively. Complications occurred in 20% of the procedures.ConclusionLumbar injections improved pain/disability related to discogenic lumbar spinal diseases. Efficacy of facet and sacroiliac injections is limited.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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