Reassessment of the diagnostic value of selective lumbosacral radiculography

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 122-127

  Taguchi, T ^a   Kawai, S ^a   Hashiguchi, T ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conventional; Fluoroscopy; Localization; Nervous peripheral; Radiculography; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD LESION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0036628160     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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