Measuring Needle Angle and Depth for Lumbar Medial Branch Block Using Ultrasonography: An Evaluation of Efficiency Compared with Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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“This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.” The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association Volume 53 Number 4 2018 Received June 24, 2016 Revised September 10, 2016 Accepted July 4, 2017 Correspondence to: Changsu Kim, M.D. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, 262 Gamcheon-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 49267, Korea TEL: +82-51-990-6467 FAX: +82-51-990-3071 E-mail: mewha98@naver.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4660-7794 초음파를 이용한 요추부 내측 분지 차단술 시 부위별 바늘 삽입 각도 및 깊이 계측: 자기공명영상과 비교를 통한 유용성 평가