title: Interventional spine procedures.
abstract: Minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of some spinal diseases are percutaneous treatments, proposed before classic surgery. By using imaging guidance, one can significantly increase accuracy and decrease complication rates. This review report physiopathology and discusses indications, methods, complications and results of performing these techniques on the spine, including different level (cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacroiliac) and different kind of treatments (nerve block, disc treatment and bone treatment). Finally the present article also reviews current literature on the controversial issues involved.
authors.affiliation: Attikon University Hospital, 2nd Radiology Department, University of Athens, Rimini 1, 12461 Athens, Greece. akelekis@cc.uoa.gr
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kelekis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Somon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bize
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Brountzos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lovblad
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruefenacht
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003287:Contrast Media; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D009407:Nerve Block; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media