title: Facet blocks and sacroiliac joint injections.
abstract: Facet and sacroiliac joint pathology are not an uncommon cause of back or neck pain. Imaging-guided techniques provide ready access to these synovial joints. Percutaneous injection of the facet or sacroiliac joints yields important diagnostic information as to whether or not the interrogated joint is involved in the patient's pain syndrome. The injection of a steroid-anesthetic mixture into these joints is capable of providing significant, albeit temporary, pain relief.
authors.affiliation: Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: M J B
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stallmeyer
authors.forename: A Orlando
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Ortiz
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007278:Injections, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D009333:Neck; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D059408:Pain Management; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D013131:Spine / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed