Epidurography and therapeutic epidural injections: Technical considerations and experience with 5334 cases

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 697-705

  Johnson, Blake A ^a   Schellhas, Kurt P ^a   Pollei, Steven R ^a  

^a Center For Diagnostic Imaging Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJECTION SITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURORADIOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BACK PAIN; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAZEPAM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEEDLES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SAFETY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STEROIDS;

EID: 0033366675     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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