Cervical Epidural Depth: Correlation Between Cervical MRI Measurements of the Skin-to-Cervical Epidural Space and the Actual Needle Depth During Interlaminar Cervical Epidural Injections | Zendy

Haitham Al-Grain | Zendy; Alison Liu | Zendy; Sarabdeep Singh | Zendy; To-Nhu Vu | Zendy; Steven P. Cohen | Zendy

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Cervical Epidural Depth: Correlation Between Cervical MRI Measurements of the Skin-to-Cervical Epidural Space and the Actual Needle Depth During Interlaminar Cervical Epidural Injections

Author(s) -

Haitham Al-Grain,

Alison Liu,

Sarabdeep Singh,

To-Nhu Vu,

Steven P. Cohen

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx066

Subject(s) - medicine , epidural space , magnetic resonance imaging , tuohy needle , epidural steroid injection , nuclear medicine , cervical vertebrae , radiology , surgery , pathology , low back pain , percutaneous , alternative medicine , seldinger technique

The purpose of this study was to assess the correlation between skin-to-epidural space depth, as measured on cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and actual needle depth, as measured by Tuohy needle markings during cervical epidural steroid injections.

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