Response to steroid and duration of radicular pain as predictors of surgical outcome

Spine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 176-183

  Derby, Richard ^a,b   Kine, Garrett ^a,b   Saal, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Reynolds, James ^a,b   Goldthwaite, Noel ^a,b   White, Arthur H ^a,b   Hsu, Ken ^a,b   Zucherman, James ^a,b  

^a San Francisco Spine Institute   (United States)

^b ST MARY S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve root; Selectiva nerve root block; Selective nerve mot; Spine; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL ROOT;

BETAMETHASONE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; HUMAN; LIDOCAINE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADICULOPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0026780396     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199206001-00020     Document Type: Article

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