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Sacroiliac Joint Injection

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Image-Guided Spine Interventions

Conclusion

Sacroiliac joint injection is a minimally invasive procedure that is easily performed with either fluoroscopic or CT guidance. Diagnostic injection is helpful in identifying the etiology of back pain. Therapeutic injection provides pain relief of variable duration in appropriately selected patients.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Salem, Virginia, 24153, USA

    John M. Mathis MD, MSc (Chairman, Professor and Chairman) (Chairman, Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Radiology, Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060, USA

    John M. Mathis MD, MSc (Chairman, Professor and Chairman) (Chairman, Professor and Chairman)

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Stallmeyer, M., Zoarski, G.H. (2004). Sacroiliac Joint Injection. In: Johnson, B.A., Staats, P.S., Wetzel, F.T., Mathis, J.M. (eds) Image-Guided Spine Interventions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21794-0_13

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