ReviewThe British journal of radiology2016
A review of percutaneous techniques for low back pain and neuralgia: current trends in epidural infiltrations, intervertebral disk and facet joint therapies.
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- Real-Time MR-Guided Lumbosacral Periradicular Injection Therapy Using a 0.55 T MRI System: A Phantom Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Image-Guided Minimally Invasive Treatment Options for Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease: A Practical Overview of Current Possibilities.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Percutaneous Computed Tomography-Guided Oxygen-Ozone (ODiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Case report: Experience with the Cube Navigation System in complex access routes during CT-guided lumbosacral infiltration therapy.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Local Infiltrations in Patients with Radiculopathy or Chronic Low Back Pain Due to Segment Degeneration-Only A Diagnostic Value?Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Intradiscal ozone therapy: fluoroscopic guidance reduces operative time in comparison with CT guidance in patients with lumbar disc herniation.La Radiologia medica · 2022Article
- Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tools for the Diagnosis of Degenerative Disc Disease: A Narrative Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Establishment of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block in rats.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Pain Control Affects the Radiographic Diagnosis of Segmental Instability in Patients with Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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- Placebo effects in musculoskeletal radiology procedures.Skeletal radiology · 2020Article
- Value of ultrasound-guided transforaminal nerve block in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Article
- Does ultrasound-guided facet joint injection reduce pain and improve mobility in patients with failed back surgery syndrome?Joint diseases and related surgery · 2020Article
- Endoscopic radiofrequency facet joint treatment in patients with low back pain: technique and long-term results. A prospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2020Article
- Overview on Percutaneous Therapies of Disc Diseases.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Review
- Percutaneous ozone nucleolysis for lumbar disc herniation.Neuroradiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Low back pain and neuralgia due to spinal pathology are very common symptoms debilitating numerous patients with peak prevalence at ages between 45 and 60 years. Intervertebral discs and facet joints act as pain sources in the vast majority of the cases. Diagnosis is based on the combination of clinical examination and imaging studies. Therapeutic armamentarium for low back pain and neuralgia due to intervertebral discs and/or facet joints includes conservative therapy, injections, percutaneous therapeutic techniques and surgical options. Percutaneous, therapeutic techniques are imaging-guided, minimally invasive treatments which can be performed as outpatient procedures. In cases of facet joint syndrome, they include, apart from injections, neurolysis with radiofrequency/cryoablation, MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound and percutaneous fixation techniques. In case of discogenic pain, apart from infiltrations, therapeutic techniques can be classified in to two main categories: decompression (mechanical, thermal, chemical) techniques and biomaterials implantation/disc cell therapies. Strict sterility measures are a prerequisite and should include extensive local sterility and antibiotic prophylaxis. This article will report clinical and imaging findings for each pathology type and the association with treatment decision. In addition, we will describe in detail all possible treatment techniques for low back pain and neuralgia, and we will report recently published results of these techniques summarizing the data concerning safety and effectiveness as well as the level of evidence. Finally, we will try to provide a rational approach for the therapy of low back pain and neuralgia by means of minimally invasive imaging-guided percutaneous techniques.
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