摘要 |
A needle guide apparatus for accurate insertion of an elongated injection needle into a select intervertebral disc for injection of a lysing agent or dye, particularly during discolysis procedures, the needle guide apparatus includes a mount for connecting the apparatus to a conventional operating table, a vertical and axial adjustment post, an adjustible longitudinal support bar, a connected L-shaped mount structure with a pair of appended needle posts disposed at select angles from the plane of the L-shaped arm, the arm having a connected vertically adjustible indicator post with radioscopically opaque indicators for positioning the apparatus prepatory to insertion of an injection needle into a selected intevertebral disc.
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