A New Simplified Sonographic Approach for Pararadicular Injections in the Lumbar Spine: A CT-Controlled Cadaver Study

摘要

Injection therapies play a major role in the treatment of lower back pain and are to date performed mainly under CT or fluoroscopic guidance. The benefits of US-guided instillation procedures have been shown in many studies. We conducted this study to simplify an US-guided approach to the lumbar spinal nerves and to assess the feasibility and preliminary accuracy by means of CT and anatomic dissection.