Inadvertent Intrafacet Injection during Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection: A Comparison of CT Fluoroscopic and Conventional Fluoroscopic Guidance.

Peter G Kranz A B Joshi L A Roy Kingshuk Roy Choudhury Timothy J Amrhein

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)

Inadvertent intrafacet injection is identified during CT fluoroscopic-guided interlaminar epidural steroid injection at a rate that is 10-fold greater than the same procedure performed under conventional fluoroscopy guidance.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
spinal cord
computed tomography
minimally invasive
image quality
dual energy
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance