ArticleAsian spine journal2021
Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Spine Injection for Axial and Radicular Pain: A Single Institution Early Experience.
Article in Asian spine journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical and economic burden of low back pain in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026Trial
- Automated segmentation and classification of lumbar transverse ultrasound views using a two-stage deep learning method.Frontiers in radiology · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-guided axial facet joint interventions for chronic spinal pain: A narrative review.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2023Review
- An Updated Overview of Low Back Pain Management.Asian spine journal · 2022Article
- [Therapeutic injections and manual medicine in low-back pain : Bimodal synergies between evidence and empiricism].Der Orthopade · 2022Review
- Cross-Modality Registration using Bone Surface Pointcloud for Robotic Ultrasound-Guided Spine Surgery.Journal of medical robotics researchArticle
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Abstract
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designClinical audit via retrospective review of a database. PURPOSE: To report an early experience using ultrasound-guided lumbar spinal injection for axial and radicular pain in an Asian multiethnic cohort. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Ultrasound-guided spine injection therapy is a comparatively new technique in the management of axial and radicular pain from degenerative lumbar spinal conditions, which may be a reasonable alternative to conventional fluoroscopic or computed tomography-guided injection.
methodsA retrospective review was conducted, involving all patients who underwent ultrasound-guided lumbar spine injection therapy at a single institution over 1 year. Patients were evaluated by two interventionists, who then performed standardized ultrasound-guided lumbar facet joint and pararadicular spinal injections.
resultsThere were 42 patients treated at our Sports Medicine Centre; with 27 patients (64.3%) receiving facet joint injections and 18 patients (42.9%) receiving nerve root injections. The majority (90.5%) of patients experienced an improvement of >30% in pain intensity at 3 months post-injection, using the Numerical Rating Scale pain score (p<0.001); with 40 patients (95.2%) reporting a reduction in Oswestry Disability Index score (p<0.001). No complications were reported.
conclusionsOur initial experience confirms the safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of ultrasound-guided lumbar spinal injection for the treatment of axial and radicular pain in an Asian multiethnic cohort.
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