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ArticleInterventional pain medicine2025

Are gadolinium-based contrast media safe alternatives to iodinated contrast agents for the safe performance of spinal injection procedures?

Minh Nguyen, Patricia Zheng, Mathew D Paluck, Adrian Popescu, Jaymin Patel, Zachary McCormick, Timothy P Maus, Clark C Smith, David Levi, International Pain and Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee

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Article in Interventional pain medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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What it found

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Minh NguyenUniversity of Texas Southwestern, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dallas, TX, USA.
Patricia ZhengUniversity of California, San Francisco, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Mathew D PaluckThe Center for Orthopedics & Neurosurgical Care & Research, Bend, OR, USA.
Adrian PopescuHospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jaymin PatelThe Emory Spine Center, Emory Department of Orthopaedics, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Zachary McCormickUniversity of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Timothy P MausDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Clark C SmithColumbia University Medical Center, Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
David LeviJordan-Young Institute, Virginia Beach, VA, USA.
International Pain and Spine Intervention Society's Patient Safety Committee

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This FactFinder presents a brief summary of the evidence regarding the safety of gadolinium-based contrast media (GBCM) for spinal interventions.

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Gadolinium-based contrast mediaIntrathecal injectionSafetySpine injectionSpine intervention

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PMID40226043
PMCPMC11992480

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