C-arm fluoroscopic cone-beam CT for guidance of chemical thoracic sympathectomy
C-arm fluoroscopic cone-beam CT for guidance of chemical thoracic sympathectomy
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C型臂透视锥形束CT指导化学胸交感神经切除术
DOI:
10.1007/s00540-010-1053-8
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发表时间:
2011
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Takeuchi K
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作者:
Hirose M;Tabata M;Sakai M;Takeuchi K
To the Editor: Nerve blocks using neurolytic agents (eg, ethanol, phenol) in deep tissues have been performed under fluoroscopic or conventional computed tomography (CT) guidance. The recent development of C-arm fluoroscopic cone-beam CT, however, has made it possible to perform both real-time procedural evaluation (C-arm fluoroscopy) and three-dimensional (3D) image acquisition (cone-beam CT) in the same room without having to move the patient [1–3].We performed thoracic sympathectomy using ethanol in a 46-year-old female patient with complex regional pain syndrome in the right arm, after careful evaluation of the indications [4]. She suffered from spontaneous burning pain with a mean pain intensity of 7 on a numerical rating scale (PI-NRS; 0= no pain, 10= worst pain imaginable). With the patient in the prone position, we introduced two 10-cm, 21-gauge needles along the right lateral sides of the T2 and T3 vertebral bodies under fluoroscopic guidance (Fig. 1 a, b) using DynaCT (Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany), and then injected 1 ml iopamidol, a radiopaque contrast medium, dissolved in 1 ml 2% lidocaine. Under technical support