Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2772148 | Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management | 2013 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The possibility of performing the majority of the pain-control interventions in the lumbar spine without using fluoroscopy is a very promising alternative. A clear description of the most relevant sonoanatomy of the lumbar spine and the proposal for a systematic approach to perform principal lumbar spine blocks may help those that are beginning to use ultrasound and increase the interest of professionals that normally perform these blocks with x-rays. Therefore, the structures that are easily identifiable by ultrasound from the muscular blocks and the facet joints are first described.
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Authors
Alejandro Ortega-Romero, Tomás Domingo-Rufes, Concepción del-Olmo, Maryem-Fama Ismael, Víctor Mayoral,