Ultrasound-guided facet joint injection to treat a spinal cyst
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Ultrasound-guided facet joint injection to treat a spinal cyst.
Lumbar spinal cysts often present with backache and may be accompanied by lower extremity weakness as well as radiation pain if root compression occurs. The treatment regimens include anti-inflammatory drugs, physical therapy, procedures guided by fluoroscopy or computed tomography, and surgery. We report the case of a patient with a symptomatic lumbar spinal cyst at the L4-L5 facet joint. The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1726-4901
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2014.01.003