Enhancing chronic back pain management: A comparative study of ultrasound-MRI fusion guidance for paravertebral nerve block.

Shuyao He, Yaona Xu, Bo Li, Ying Shi

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Article in Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland), 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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Shuyao HeDepartment of Radiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.

Yaona XuDepartment of Digital Medicine, School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, 400038, China.

Bo LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101199, China.

Ying ShiDepartment of Pain, Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200000, China.

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Objective: This study examines the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided paravertebral nerve block (PVB) with and without MRI fusion for chronic back pain management. Methods: A retrospective analysis of 20 patients, split into US-MRI fusion-guided (IF group, Results: An hour after receiving treatment, the IF group showed a marked reduction in NRS scores (2.2 ± 0.9), significantly lower than those observed in the U group (2.5 ± 1.0; Conclusions: Integrating US with MRI for PVB guidance emerges as a groundbreaking and efficacious strategy in chronic back pain treatment, showcasing significant improvements in safety and initial pain alleviation compared to the conventional use of US guidance alone.

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chronic back painclinical effectivenessparavertebral nerve blockpropensity score matchingultrasound-MRI fusion

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PMID40918158

DOI10.1515/med-2025-1147

PMCPMC12413793

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