Comparison between lumbosacral epidural approaches and radiation exposure

A new study proves that lumbosacral epidural steroid injections (ESIs) guided by fluoroscopy work less efficiently than ESIs guided by caudal. The results of this study are published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. The study was released by Seon-Jeong Kim, M.D., from the University Of Ulsan College Of Medicine in Seoul, situated in South Korea, in collaboration with colleagues. The team of researchers analyzed and compared exposure to radiation between ESIs guided by fluoroscopy and ESIs guided by caudal. There were 228 participants totally in this study, from which 181 received fluoroscopy-guided ESIs and the remaining 47 participants received caudal-based injections. There was a significant observation between duration of KAP in fluoroscopy-based lumbosacral epidural steroid injections. “KAP of transforaminal ESI was less than that of the caudal ESI, after being corrected for the length of fluoroscopy time”, the authors write.