Effectiveness of transforaminal epidural steroid injections in low back pain: A one-year experience

Pain Physician

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-270

  Rosenberg, Samuel K ^a   Grabinsky, Andreas ^a   Kooser, Christine ^a   Boswell, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic; Chronic low back pain; Epidural injection; Pain management; Transforaminal epidural injection

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STEROID THERAPY; TELEPHONE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0036058597     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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