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Cone Beam Intraoperative Computed Tomography-based Image Guidance for Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion
Published on: August 6, 2019
Rationale for fluoroscopic guidance in spine injections
Lindsay Stratchko1, Jennifer Pitts2, John Symanski2
1School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53792, USA. lstratchko@uwhealth.org.
Abstract:
Spine injections are commonly performed in the treatment of back pain. The purpose of this article is to review the current literature surrounding image guided spine injections focusing on scenarios where fluoroscopic guidance can be advantageous in addition to discussing similarities among the different modalities.
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