Publications by authors named "Marc Filiatrault"
Article Synopsis
- Fluoroscopic guidance is vital in many medical procedures, but there's limited research on how resident involvement affects radiation exposure during these procedures.
- The study focused on how the participation level of residents—absent, observing, or actively participating—impacts radiation exposure and fluoroscopy time in spinal interventions like facet blocks and epidural injections.
- Results showed that when residents actively performed lumbar facet blocks, both fluoroscopy time and radiation dose significantly increased compared to when they observed or were absent, indicating that hands-on practice correlates with higher exposure.
Objectives: Compare procedural characteristics and clinical efficacy of cervical medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy (CMBRFN) using a multi-tined cannula (MTC) versus a conventional cannula (CC) to treat chronic neck pain.
Design: Prospective, double-blinded randomized controlled trial.
Methods: Patients who responded to dual medial branch blocks with ≥75% pain relief were randomized to receive RFN with either the MTC or the CC.
Objective: To compare equivalent doses of a nonparticulate (dexamethasone) with a particulate (betamethasone) corticosteroid in lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESIs) in terms of pain, function, and complications.
Design: Fifty-six patients presenting with debilitating radicular pain were randomized in a double-blind controlled trial to receive a lumbar transforaminal injection of either dexamethasone 7.5 mg (n = 29) or betamethasone 6.