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Caudal epidural injection
Caudal epidural injections, or sacral hiatus epidural injections, are one of several possible spinal epidural injections.
Indications
Typically, epidural injections are performed in patients who are currently not surgical candidates. The caudal injection can be performed when patients are on ...
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Caudal epidural injection
Published
15 May 2016
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Fluoroscopy
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Sacral hiatus
The sacral hiatus corresponds to the posterior caudal opening at the end of the sacral canal, which usually occurs at the fifth sacral vertebra (S5), at the posterior surface of the sacrum.
Gross anatomy
Location
Commonly, the sacral hiatus corresponds to the non-formation of S5 spinous proce...
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Anatomical variants of the sacrum
Anatomical variants of the sacrum are incidental findings during radiological investigations but are clinically important for caudal epidural block.
angel-wing sacrum
accessory sacroiliac joints
defects / congenital agenesis of the dorsal wall of the sacral canal 2
spina bifida occulta
deve...
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Spinal epidural injection
Epidural spinal injections are one of the more frequently performed spinal interventional procedures. Three approaches to the epidural space exist:
caudal epidural injection (via the sacral hiatus)
interlaminar epidural injection
cervical interlaminar epidural injection
lumbar in...
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Spinal interventional procedures
There are a number of different spinal interventional procedures that can help diagnose and manage low back pain. Lumbar degenerative facet joints, lumbar disc disease and sacroiliac joint pain account for nearly 70% of cases of lower back pain.
Unfortunately, as the incidence of degenerative c...
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Intervention curriculum
The interventional radiology curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core interventional knowledge. As the different procedures are intrinsically linked to the various radiology subspecialties, its content is mixed with some of the ...