Nuclear imaging as a screening test for patients referred for intraarticular facet block.
Our experience, in a group of 25 patients with chronic low back pain, shows that nuclear imaging of the spine with 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate is of no benefit in predicting the sites at which intraarticular facet blocks may be successful.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D007596:Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
D004164:Diphosphonates; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate