Clinical use of spinal or epidural steroids;Uso degli steroidi per via spinale ed epidurale

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 613-620

  Marinangeli, F ^a   Ciccozzi, A ^a   Donatelli, F ^a   Paladini, A ^a   Varrassi, G ^a,b  

^a Cattedra di Anestesia e Rianimazione   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, epidural; Anesthesia, spinal; Low back pain, therapy; Pain, therapy; Steroids, therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MACROGOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE DIACETATE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARACHNOIDITIS; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SPINAL ROOT;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LOW BACK PAIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STEROIDS;

EID: 0036651522     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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