Rationale for fluoroscopic guidance in spine injections

Abstract

Spine injections are commonly performed in the treatment of back pain. The purpose of this article is to review the current literature surrounding image guided spine injections focusing on scenarios where fluoroscopic guidance can be advantageous in addition to discussing similarities among the different modalities.

Keywords: Caudal epidural steroid injection; Fluoroscopic guidance; Interlaminar epidural steroid injection; Spine injections; Transforaminal epidural steroid injection.