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Landmark-Assisted Infiltrations and Injection Techniques on the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine

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Injection therapy of the spine has a high value in the treatment of degenerative spinal diseases, since the primary disorder is directly influenced. As a rule, complication-prone operations can thus be avoided. Landmark-guided techniques are just as effective in the hands of the experienced as sonography-, image converter- or CT-guided techniques and can be applied safely and, above all, radiation-free (for patient and physician) without major costly equipment and organizational effort. Local radicular and pseudoradicular spinal syndromes with a correlation between clinical and imaging findings usually represent the main indications. Conscientious preparation of the injection treatment helps to avoid errors and complications. The overall complication rate is so low that it is one of the safest and most effective methods of orthopaedic/accident surgery pain therapy.

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Theodoridis, T. (2023). Landmark-Assisted Infiltrations and Injection Techniques on the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine. In: Jerosch, J. (eds) Minimally Invasive Spine Intervention. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63814-9_4

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