The caudal epidural administration of steroids in combination with local anesthetics in the palliation of pain secondary to radiographically documented lumbar herniated disc - A prospective outcome study with 6-months follow-up

Pain Clinic

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Waldman, Steven D ^a,b,c   Greek, C Ray ^a   Greenfield, Mark A ^a  

^a Pain Consortium of Gtr Kansas City   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal epidural; Herniated disc; Local anesthetics; Outcome study; Steroid epidural

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031904816     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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