The effect of epidural injection of betamethasone or bupivacaine in a rat model of lumbar radiculopathy

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 877-885

  Hayashi, Nobuhiro ^a   Weinstein, James N ^d   Meller, Stephen T ^c   Lee, Hwan Mo ^b   Spratt, Kevin F ^b   Gebhart, Gerald F ^c  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Epidural injection; Hyperalgesia; Nerve root irritation; Radiculopathy; Steroid

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERALGESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOGRAPHY; RAT; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032523126     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804150-00008     Document Type: Article

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