Value of computed tomographic fluoroscopy for cervical and lumbar facet blocks

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-16

  Meleka, Sherif ^a,c   Patra, Ajanta ^b   Minkoff, Evan ^b   Murphy, Kieran ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins Green Spring   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical facet; Facet block; Lumbar facet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL PAIN;

EID: 14144250910     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000144087.10860.23     Document Type: Article

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