ArticleJournal of ultrasound2017
In vivo feasibility of real-time MR-US fusion imaging lumbar facet joint injections.
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- Ultrasound- versus fluoroscopy-guided injections in the lower back for the management of pain: a systematic review.European radiology · 2019Pooled it
- Updates in ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal interventions.The British journal of radiology · 2026Review
- Image-guided injections for facet joint pain: evidence-based Delphi conjoined consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology and European Society of Neuroradiology.European radiology · 2025Article
- Case series of CT-fusion and real-time US-guidance in percutaneous RF thermocoagulation for trigeminal rhizotomy.Pain management · 2025Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging ultrasonography fusion-guided transforaminal epidural steroid injection: a retrospective cohort.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025Article
- US/CT fusion imaging and virtual navigation to guide lumbar intradiscal oxygen-ozone therapy: a pilot study.Journal of ultrasound · 2024Article
- Ultrasound-guided axial facet joint interventions for chronic spinal pain: A narrative review.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2023Review
- Real-time ultrasound-computed tomography image fusion for transforaminal lumbar approach: a lumbosacral spine phantoms study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2021Article
- Role of Fusion Imaging in Image-Guided Thermal Ablations.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Ultrasound of iliotibial band syndrome.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Review
- Interventional therapeutic procedures to treat degenerative and inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions: state of the art.La Radiologia medica · 2019Review
- Real-time fusion-imaging in low back pain: a new navigation system for facet joint injections.La Radiologia medica · 2018Article
- Real-time, image-based slice-to-volume registration for ultrasound-guided spinal intervention.Physics in medicine and biology · 2018Article
- Technical and clinical feasibility of contrast-enhanced ultrasound evaluation of long bone non-infected nonunion healing.La Radiologia medica · 2018Article
- Interventional therapeutic procedures in the musculoskeletal system: an Italian Survey by the Italian College of Musculoskeletal Radiology.La Radiologia medica · 2018Article
- Clinical and instrumental assessment of herniated discs after nucleoplasty: a preliminary study.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2018Article
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging in degenerative disease of the lumbar spine: Fat Saturation technique and contrast medium.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2018Article
- Rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy: from diagnosis to treatment.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectivesTraditionally, facet joint injections (FJI) are performed under fluoroscopic or computed tomography (CT) guidance, mainly due to the deep anatomical location and the presence of bony landmarks. Fusion imaging technology, which couples the ultrasound scan with the corresponding CT or magnetic resonance (MR) image obtained from the diagnostic examination and reformatted in real time according to the ultrasound scanning plane, allows to combine the panoramic view and the elevated anatomical detail of MR or CT with the ease of use of ultrasound without patient exposure to ionizing radiation.
methodsThirty eight patients (24 females; mean age ± SD: 64 ± 9 years) received MR fusion-assisted ultrasound-guided FJI of 1 ml of a mixture of local anaesthetic and corticosteroid using a ultrasound machine (Logiq E9, GE Healthcare) equipped with a GPS-enhanced fusion imaging technology which couples real-time B-mode images with those of the previous recent diagnostic MR examination. Low-dose CT needle positioning confirmation was performed in the first 28 patients. Patients' pain was recorded using a visual analogue scale (VAS), at baseline and at 2, 4 and 8 weeks.
resultsAll fusion imaging-guided injections were performed successfully. Out of 112, 96 FJI had optimal intra-articular needle positioning (accuracy: 85.7%). Patients VAS significantly decreases after the procedure with no differences among who received CT needle positioning control and who did not receive it. No major complications were observed.
conclusionsUltrasound needle guidance with MR fusion assistance allows for safe and effective injection of degenerative facet joint disease.
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