Thoracic facet blocks: bent needle technique.

Fortin, Joseph D; McKee, May Jane · Pain Physician · 2003

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Thoracic posterior joints are putative pain generators; yet there is a paucity of information to assist the clinician in the diagnosis and treatment of dorsal spine pain. A safe and effective bent needle injection/arthrography technique is described which can assist in the diagnosis of some patients with thoracic zygapophyseal joint dysfunction.

Anatomy