title: Interventional techniques for back pain.
abstract: Most Americans will be afflicted by some form of spine-related pain in their lifetime. In older patients, the most frequent source of back pain is lumbar spinal stenosis or vertebral compression fracture. Although most back pain is self-limited, some patients will require interventional techniques. This article reviews minimally invasive techniques for treating back pain, lumbosacral radicular pain, lumbar spinal stenosis, and compression fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A41, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. lavellwf@yahoo.com
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Lavelle
authors.forename: Elizabeth Demers
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Lavelle
authors.forename: Howard S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery