CT-Guided Intraspinal Injection

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CT-guided intraspinal injec­tion has been devel­oped for the treatment of spinal cord injury. The pro­ce­dure causes no trauma to the patient, avoids loss of blood and pain, and allows for rapid recov­ery. A major advan­tage is that no major surgery is required. The sur­geon oper­ates with sophis­ti­cated knowl­edge of neural anatomy mak­ing use of high-level technology.

Another advan­tage of the pro­ce­dure is that it not only allows ordi­nary visual con­trol but also employs mod­ern imag­ing tech­nol­ogy so the sur­geon can inject a large quan­tity of stem cells directly into the spinal cord with great accu­racy. The pro­ce­dure is con­ducted with a 64-slice CT under either local or gen­eral anes­the­sia.

With the help of mark­ers, the CT mea­sures the exact area of the injury. It pro­vides a 3D image of the spine that can be rotated in space to check the posi­tion of the frac­tured ver­te­brae. A 1–1 nee­dle is inserted into the healthy area where the bones do not obstruct the path of the nee­dle. As the sur­geon inserts the nee­dle, and until it reaches the spinal cord, updated images are cre­ated to check the angle of the nee­dle. The spa­tial rela­tion­ship between the spinal cord and ver­te­brae can be iden­ti­fied exactly, ensur­ing a safe injection.

Fol­low­ing the injec­tion, the patient remains in the obser­va­tion room overnight for mon­i­tor­ing. The CT-guided intraspinal injec­tion is also sup­ple­mented by a lum­bar punc­ture and/or IV injec­tion of stem cells.

Side effects of CT-guided intraspinal injection

Many patients expe­ri­ence post-surgical pain such as radi­at­ing pain in the back and extrem­i­ties, which is expected and nat­ural. This pain is expected to dis­ap­pear within approximately three days.

Post Treat­ment Monitoring

After pro­ce­dure, patients are observed and put on a mon­i­tor which assesses their heart rate, res­pi­ra­tion, and other rel­e­vant infor­ma­tion. A nurse will tend to you, gauge your tem­per­a­ture, and record all data. If you don’t have fever or com­pli­ca­tions, you will be free to leave the hos­pi­tal.