Fluoroscopically guided lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in degenerative lumbar stenosis: An outcome study

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 898-905

  Botwin, Kenneth P ^a   Gruber, Robert D ^a   Bouchlas, Constantine G ^a   Torres Ramos, Francisco M ^a   Sanelli, Joseph T ^a   Freeman, Eric D ^a   Slaten, Warren K ^a   Rao, Sanjiv ^a  

^a Florida Spine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural; Injections; Lumbar Spinal Stenosis; Radiculopathy; Rehabilitation; Selective Nerve Root Block

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT TREATMENT;

INJECTIONS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; STANDING; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WALKING;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036889718     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200212000-00003     Document Type: Article

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