Radiation exposure to the spinal interventionalist performing lumbar discography.

To evaluate radiation exposure to the spinal interventionalist performing lumbar discography. A prospective study on four spinal interventionalists who performed 106 consecutive lumbar discograms (levels) on 37 patients with low back pain. Radiation exposure was monitored with the assistance of a radiological technologist (RT) who allocated four (4) dosimetry badges to all spinal interventionalists performing Discograms on consecutive patients being referred for evaluation of possible discogenic pain.

Complications of fluoroscopically guided interlaminar cervical epidural injections.

Objectives: To assess the incidence of complications of fluoroscopically guided interlaminar cervical epidural injections.

Design: A retrospective cohort design study.

Setting: A multidisciplinary spine care center.

Fluoroscopically guided lumbar transformational epidural steroid injections in degenerative lumbar stenosis: an outcome study.

Objective: To identify the short- and long-term therapeutic benefit of fluoroscopically guided lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in patients with radicular leg pain from degenerative lumbar stenosis.

Design: This prospective cohort study performed at a multidisciplinary spine center. There were a total of 34 patients who met our inclusion criteria for the treatment of unilateral radicular pain from degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis who underwent fluoroscopically guided lumbar transforaminal epidural injections.

Radiation exposure of the spinal interventionalist performing fluoroscopically guided lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections.

Objective: To evaluate radiation exposure to spinal interventionalists while performing transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESIs).

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Multidisciplinary spine center.

Complications of fluoroscopically guided caudal epidural injections.

Objectives: To assess the incidence of complications of fluoroscopically guided caudal epidural injections.

Design: A retrospective cohort design study in which chart review was performed on patients, who presented with radiculopathy and received fluoroscopically guided caudal epidural steroid injections. All injections were performed consecutively over a 12-mo period.