Selective lumbar nerve root blocks with CT fluoroscopic guidance: Technique, results, procedure time, and radiation dose

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1592-1594

  Wagner, Andrew L ^a,b  

^a Rockingham Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE BLOCK; RADIATION DOSE; SPINAL ROOT; DRUG EFFECT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BUPIVACAINE;

BUPIVACAINE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIATION DOSAGE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16644361806     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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