Complications of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal lumbar epidural injections Kenneth P. Botwin, MD, Robert D. Gruber, DO, Constantine G. Bouchlas, MD, Francisco M. Torres-Ramos, MD, Ted L. Freeman, DO, Warren K. Slaten, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 81, Issue 8, Pages 1045-1050 (August 2000) DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.7166 Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 An anteroposterior view with the image intensified showing the proper location of the needle at the base of the pedicle. Isovue contrast demonstrates the epidural flow in the ventral epidural space medial to the pedicle. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2000 81, 1045-1050DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2000.7166) Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 A lateral view with the image intensifier showing the needle positioned in the ventral/superior aspect of the neural foramen before the infiltration of Isovue contrast. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2000 81, 1045-1050DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2000.7166) Copyright © 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions