title: Percutaneous therapy for symptomatic synovial cysts.
abstract: Synovial cysts have long been known to create radicular pain in the spine, with the clinical effect mimicking a disk herniation. These cysts have traditionally been treated with open surgical therapy. Now a minimally invasive, image-guided approach to treatment is available to relieve this problem, using a simple percutaneous needle stick and injection. This article describes the technical aspects and precautions needed for this intervention.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Advanced Imaging, Roanoke, VA 24014, USA. jmathis@rev.net
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mathis
authors.forename: Orlando
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ortiz
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*