Ultrasound-guided versus low dose computed tomography scanning guidance for lumbar facet joint injections: same accuracy and efficiency

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[2] Wang S(2002)Spinal injection procedures: volume, provider distribution, and reimbursement in the U.S. Medicare population from 1993 to 1999 Radiology 225 723-729

[3] Bogduk N(1994)Clinical Features of Patients with Pain Stemming from the Lumbar Zygapophysial Joints Spine 19 1132-1137

[4] McNaught PJ(1995)The ability of computed tomography to identify a painful zygapophysial joint in patients with chronic low back pain Spine 20 907-912

[5] Laurent R(1977)Facet denervation in the treatment of low back pain syndrome Pain 3 257-263

[6] Carrino JA(2005)Spinal CT guided interventional procedures for management of chronic back pain J Vasc Interv Radiol 16 689-697

[7] Morrison WB(2004)Ultrasound-guided lumbar facet nerve block: accuracy of a new technique confirmed by computed tomography Anesthesiology 101 1195-1200

[8] Parker L(2012)Accuracy of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks of the cervical zygapophysial joints Anesthesiology 117 347-352

[9] Schweitzer ME(1997)International spinal injection society guidelines for the performance of spinal injection procedures I Zygapophysial joint blocks Clin J Pain 13 285-302

[10] Levin DC(2003)Is regional anesthesia simply an exercise in applied sonoanatomy? Anesthesiology 99 250-251

[1] Schwarzer AC(1995)Prevalence and clinical features of lumbar zygapophysial joint pain: a study in an Australian population with chronic low back pain Ann Rheum Dis 54 100-106

[2] Wang S(2002)Spinal injection procedures: volume, provider distribution, and reimbursement in the U.S. Medicare population from 1993 to 1999 Radiology 225 723-729

[3] Bogduk N(1994)Clinical Features of Patients with Pain Stemming from the Lumbar Zygapophysial Joints Spine 19 1132-1137

[4] McNaught PJ(1995)The ability of computed tomography to identify a painful zygapophysial joint in patients with chronic low back pain Spine 20 907-912

[5] Laurent R(1977)Facet denervation in the treatment of low back pain syndrome Pain 3 257-263

[6] Carrino JA(2005)Spinal CT guided interventional procedures for management of chronic back pain J Vasc Interv Radiol 16 689-697

[7] Morrison WB(2004)Ultrasound-guided lumbar facet nerve block: accuracy of a new technique confirmed by computed tomography Anesthesiology 101 1195-1200

[8] Parker L(2012)Accuracy of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks of the cervical zygapophysial joints Anesthesiology 117 347-352

[9] Schweitzer ME(1997)International spinal injection society guidelines for the performance of spinal injection procedures I Zygapophysial joint blocks Clin J Pain 13 285-302

[10] Levin DC(2003)Is regional anesthesia simply an exercise in applied sonoanatomy? Anesthesiology 99 250-251