Outpatient lumbar epidural corticosteroid injection in the management of sciatica

Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 295-299

  Ridley, M G ^a   Kingsley, Gabrielle H ^a   Gibson, T ^a   Grahame, R ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disc prolapse; Methylprednisolone; Nerve root; Pain relief

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OUTPATIENTS; SCIATICA;

EID: 0023706630     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/27.4.295     Document Type: Article

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