Symptomatic lumbar facet joint cysts treated by CT-guided intracystic and intra-articular steroid injections

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2836-2840

  Amoretti, Nicolas ^a   Huwart, Laurent ^a   Foti, Pauline ^a   Boileau, Pascal ^a   Amoretti, Marie Eve ^a   Pellegrin, Amelie ^a   Marcy, Pierre Yves ^a   Hauger, Olivier ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

CT; Cyst; Intervention; Radiology; Spine

Indexed keywords

CORTIVAZOL; IODIXANOL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DURA INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUMBAR FACET JOINT CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POST LUMBAR PUNCTURE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINE DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNATRIENES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STEROIDS; SYNOVIAL CYST; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84870313388     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2533-z     Document Type: Article

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