Therapeutic epidural infiltrations in the lumbar nerve roots;INFILTRACIONES EPIDURALES TERAPEUTICAS EN LA RADICULOPATIA LUMBAR

Revista de Ortopedia y Traumatologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-217

  Rull Bartomeu, M ^a,c   Miralles Marrero, R C ^b   Sarda Aure, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

canal stenosis; epidural infiltration; herniated disc; lumbar sciatica; spine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0029953204     PISSN: 04825985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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