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Spinal Sonography for Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Neuraxial Anesthesia
Published on: January 31, 2025
Ultrasound-guided injections in the lumbar spine
Alexander Loizides1, Siegfried Peer, Michaela Plaikner
1Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. alexander.loizides@i-med.ac.at
Abstract:
Injection therapies play a major role in the treatment of low back pain and radiculopathy and are becoming integral parts of a multidisciplinary approach in treatment and rehabilitation of patients with pain. Pararadicular- and facet-joint injections in the lumbar spine are preferentially performed with computed tomography (CT) or fluoroscopy-guidance. In this paper we present an alternative, simple and easy to learn US-guided technique for injection therapy in the lumbar spine.
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