Complications of cervical discography: Findings in a large series

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Guyer, Richard D ^a   Ohnmeiss, Donna D ^a   Mason, Steven L ^a   Shelokov, Alexis P ^a  

^a TEXAS BACK INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical discography; Complications; Diagnostic disc injection; Neck pain; Radiographic evaluation

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKITIS; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031002909     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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