title: Fluoroscopy-guided sacroiliac joint injections.
abstract: The authors performed fluoroscopy-guided sacroiliac (SI) joint injections. With the patient prone and the x-ray tube perpendicular to the fluoroscopic table, the skin was marked over the distal 1 cm of the SI joint. With the tube angled 20 degrees - 25 degrees cephalad, a 22-gauge needle was inserted at the skin mark and advanced perpendicular to the fluoroscopic table toward the posterior joint. Nonionic contrast material was injected to confirm the intraarticular position of the needle. Of 31 SI joint injections, 30 (97%) were intraarticular. Mean procedure time was 108 seconds. This technique is safe, rapid, and reproducible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908, USA. rgd6q@virginia.edu
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Dussault
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001168:Arthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; C028994:betamethasone sodium phosphate; D001623:Betamethasone; D002045:Bupivacaine