Open AccessUltrasound-Assisted Versus Fluoroscopic-Guided Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block: A Prospective and Randomized Study
Author(s) -
Jin Suk Ryu,
Chang Soon Lee,
Yong-Chul Kim,
Sang Chul Lee,
Hariharan Shankar,
Jee Youn Moon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000002640
Subject(s) - medicine , fluoroscopy , randomized controlled trial , lumbar , ultrasound , levobupivacaine , radiation exposure , prospective cohort study , clinical endpoint , surgery , anesthesia , nuclear medicine , radiology , analgesic
Fluoroscopy (FL)-guided lumbar sympathetic ganglion block (LSGB) is widely performed to diagnose and manage various diseases associated with sympathetically maintained pain. Recently, numerous ultrasound (US)-assisted procedures in pain medicine have been attempted, showing an advantage of low radiation exposure. This randomized, prospective trial compared the procedural outcomes and complications between FL-guided and US-assisted LSGBs.