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Technical note: the swimmer’s view for cervical facet joint injections

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Image intensifier (C-arm) guided facet infiltration of a mixture of long acting local anaesthetic and corticosteroid is a safe and effective office procedure for cervical spondylosis. Visualisation of lower cervical anatomy using C-arm may not always be possible due to the shadow cast by the shoulders. We describe the successful adaptation of swimmer’s view in such cases to carry out the injections.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Spine division, Kulkarni Hospital, Gokak, Karnataka, India

    Arvind Gopalrao Kulkarni

  2. Spine Division, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia

    Arvind Gopalrao Kulkarni, Tamer Sabet, Helen Ashley & Ashish D. Diwan

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, 4th Floor, West Wing, 399 Bathurst St, M5T 2S8, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Arvind Gopalrao Kulkarni

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Kulkarni, A.G., Sabet, T., Ashley, H. et al. Technical note: the swimmer’s view for cervical facet joint injections. Eur Spine J 15, 1150–1152 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-006-0123-y

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