Real-time sonographic imaging for periradicular injections in the lumbar spine: A sonographic anatomic study of a new technique

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Galiano, Klaus ^a   Obwegeser, Alois Albert ^a,e   Bodner, Gerd ^a   Freund, Martin ^a   Maurer, Herbert ^b   Kamelger, Florian Stefan ^c   Schatzer, Reinhold ^d   Ploner, Franz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Hospital of Vipiteno   (Italy)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Feasibility; Periradicular injection; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ULTRASONICS;

LUMBAR SPINE; SONOGRAPHY; SPINAL NERVES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; NEEDLE; PERIRADICULAR INJECTION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SPINAL NERVE; VERTEBRA;

EID: 11144307938     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.1.33     Document Type: Article

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