Sonographically Guided Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1229-1232

  Klocke, Rainer ^a   Jenkinson, Timothy ^b   Glew, David ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caudal epidural injection; Interventional sonography; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; NEEDLES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

LUMBOSACRAL PAIN;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NEEDLE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROANATOMY; OBESITY; RADICULAR PAIN;

EID: 0242353974     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2003.22.11.1229     Document Type: Article

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