The Role of Spine Injections
Image-Guided Spine Injections
- Reduction of pain and inflammation (NSAIDs)
- Permit physical therapy
- Improve quality of life
- Delay (or obviate) surgery
Spine injections
- "Precision diagnosis"-permit direct coupling of anatomy and clinical symptoms
- Low risk to patient
- Positive outcomes with appropriate patient selection
- Cost lower than surgery (mean $34K)
2 rules of spine injections
- Diagnostic-what is the source of the pain?
- Therapeutic-how can the pain be relieved?
