Epidural corticosteroid injections for sciatica due to herniated nucleus pulposus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 1634-1640

  Carette, Simon ^a,c   Leclaire, Richard ^b   Marcoux, Sylvie ^a   Morin, Frédéric ^a   Blaise, Gilbert A ^b   St Pierre, André ^a   Truchon, René ^a   Parent, François ^a   Lévesque, Jacques ^a   Bergeron, Vincent ^a   Montminy, Patrice ^a   Blanchette, Caty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030943882     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199706053362303     Document Type: Article

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