Therapeutic efficacy of selective nerve root blocks in the treatment of lumbar radicular leg pain

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 131, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 75-80

  Narozny, M ^a   Zanetti, M ^a   Boos, N ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Foraminal stenosis; Non operative treatment; Outcome; Selective nerve root injection

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0035108979     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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