Korean J Pain.  2018 Oct;31(4):305-306. 10.3344/kjp.2018.31.4.305.

The use of sonographic guidance in caudal epidural steroid injections

• Piraccini
• Musetti G
• Byrne H
• Maitan S

• KMID: 2421522
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2018.31.4.305

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Ultrasonography*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 (A) The picture shows the sacral cornua C as two hyperechoic reversed U-shaped structures. The hyperechoic bands in the center of the image are the sacrococcygeal ligament L and below the dorsal surface of the sacrum D. (B) The picture shows the long axis to the sacrum visualizing sacrum and sacral canal with the needle trajectory N.

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  Fig. 2 Anteroposterior fluoroscopic image of a caudal epidural steroid injection through the epidural catheter with contrast medium. The contrast medium spreads along the left L4, L5 and S1 nerve roots.

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