Percutaneous puncture of zygapophysial joint synovial cyst with fluoroscopic guidance

Pain Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-128

  Melfi, Renée S ^a,b   Aprill, Charles N ^a,c  

^a Magnolia Diagnostics   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet; Percutaneous; Synovial Cyst; Treatment; Zygapophysial joint

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL RECORD; PUNCTURE; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PAIN; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SUCTION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 17844368861     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2005.05021.x     Document Type: Article

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