Radicular pain avoidance during needle placement in lumbar diskography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1149-1154

  Kapoor, Vibhu ^a   Rothfus, William E ^a   Grahovac, Stephen Z ^a   Latchaw, Richard E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR DISKOGRAPHY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0141855073     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.4.1811149     Document Type: Article

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