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Efficacy of therapeutic fluoroscopy-guided lumbar spine interventional procedures
Ayman E Galhom1, Mohammad A al-Shatouri
1Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal, University Hospital, 41522, Ismailia, Egypt. aiman2gm@hotmail.com
Purpose:
To evaluate the benefit of fluoroscopy-guided lumbar spine interventional procedures in treatment of low back pain.
Methods:
This prospective descriptive study was performed on 60 patients with back/radicular pain after showing no improvement with conservative treatment.
Results:
One 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.
Conclusion:
Lumbar injections improved pain/disability related to discogenic lumbar spinal diseases. Efficacy of facet and sacroiliac injections is limited.
