A systematic review of diagnostic utility of selective nerve root blocks

Pain Physician

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-234

  Everett, Clifford R ^a   Shah, Rinoo V ^b   Sehgal, Nalini ^c   McKenzie Brown, Anne Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discogenic pain; Nerve root pain; Radiculopathy; Selective nerve root block; Spinal pain; Transforaminal epidural injection

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 18844428551     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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