Epidural steroid injection for nerve root compression

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 352-355

  Wilson MacDonald, J ^a   Burt, G ^a,b   Griffin, D ^a,d   Glynn, C ^a,c  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 15844379144     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B3.15338     Document Type: Article

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