The “Swimmer's View” as Alternative When Lateral View Is Inadequate During Interlaminar Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections
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Contralateral oblique view is superior to lateral view for interlaminar cervical and cervicothoracic epidural access.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the reliability of the lateral fluoroscopic view and several contralateral oblique (CLO) views at different angles in visualizing and accurately predicting the position of the needle tip at the point of access in the posterior cervical and cervicothoracic epidural space. DESIGN After the epidural space was accessed but before confirmation wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1526-2375,1526-4637
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00829.x