Intraforaminal Location of Thoracolumbar Radicular Arteries Providing an Anterior Radiculomedullary Artery Using Flat Panel Catheter Angiotomography.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Flat panel catheter angiotomography performed during the selective injection of intersegmental arteries offers a multiplanar assessment of the intraforaminal course of the radicular arteries providing an anterior radiculomedullary artery. Injury of anterior radiculomedullary arteries during transforaminal epidural steroid injections can result in spinal cord damage. Evaluations of the intraforaminal location of these arteries have so far been limited to anteroposterior views or the examination of cadaveric material. This study documents the in vivo intraforaminal location of thoracolumbar arteries providing an anterior radiculomedullary artery with flat panel catheter angiotomography.

Materials and methods

Ninety-four flat panel catheter angiotomograph

SUBMITTER: Gregg L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7960376 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature