Treatment of neck pain with cervical epidural steroid injection

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 92-94

  Shulman, Morton ^a,b  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural; Local anesthetics; Nerve block; Pain; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG THERAPY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERAPY; TRIGGER;

EID: 0022477814     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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