Skin to lumbar epidural space distances as determined by magnetic resonance imaging

Pain Clinic

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Aldrete, J Antonio ^a,b   Velasco, Augustin Gabriel ^c   Mushin, Ata Ul ^d   Roztoczynska, Henrietta ^e   Brown, Thomas ^f  

^a Walton Regional Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Hospital Civil   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Law School   (United States)

^f Diagnostic Imaging Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dural sac; Epidural; Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN;

EID: 0030704601     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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