Comparison of Outcomes of Interventional Pain Management Procedures Performed With or Without Fluoroscopy: A Retrospective Analysis
Comparison of Outcomes of Interventional Pain Management Procedures Performed With or Without Fluoroscopy: A Retrospective Analysis
To determine clinically significant improvement in the patients undergoing procedures under fluoroscopy.
To evaluate and compare the adverse event profile in both groups
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
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
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Exclusion Criteria: Non-availability of appropriate data