Needle Entry Angle to Prevent Carotid Sheath Injury for Fluoroscopy-Guided Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection

Needle Entry Angle to Prevent Carotid Sheath Injury for Fluoroscopy-Guided Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection

Objective To suggest rotation angles of fluoroscopy that can bypass the carotid sheath according to vertebral levels for cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI). Methods Patients who underwent cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from January 2009 to October 2017 were a...

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Main Authors: Jaewoo Choi, Doo Hoe Ha, Shinyoung Kwon, Youngsu Jung, Junghoon Yu, MinYoung Kim, Kyunghoon Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2018-12-01
Series:Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Subjects:
Injections
Epidural
Fluoroscopy
Vascular system injuries
Jugular veins
Carotid arteries
Online Access:http://www.e-arm.org/upload/pdf/arm-2018-42-6-814.pdf

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