Use of a 22-gauge Whitacre needle to reduce the incidence of side effects after lumbar myelography: A prospective randomised study comparing Whitacre and Quincke spinal needles

European Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-187

  Pedersen, O Nic ^a  

^a Aust Agder Central Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lumbar myelography; Postspinal side effects; Spinal needles

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DURA MATER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NEEDLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIZZINESS; DURA MATER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOHEXOL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NAUSEA; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0029685875     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00181141     Document Type: Article

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