Low Back Pain, Neck Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Fluoroscopy, Interventional Pain Management Procedures
Brief summary
To determine clinically significant improvement in the patients undergoing procedures under fluoroscopy. To evaluate and compare the adverse event profile in both groups
Detailed description
For the target delivery of injectate, it is believed that fluoroscopy is mandatory. However, there is a view among some professionals that a procedure may be performed without fluoroscopy as effectively as under fluoroscopy. The outcomes among the two groups of patients have not been studied
Interventions
PROCEDUREFluoroscopy
Sponsors
Pain Management Center of Paducah
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients who have undergone the following procedures: Cervical facet joint nerve blocks, thoracic facet joint nerve blocks, lumbar facet joint nerve blocks, lumbar interlaminar epidural steroid injections, cervical Interlaminar epidural steroid injections During 1998 to 2001 and 2004 to 2005 \-
Exclusion criteria
Non-availability of appropriate data
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To demonstrate clinically significant improvement in the patients undergoing procedures under fluoroscopy. | — |
| To evaluate and compare the adverse event profile in both groups | — |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed