Injection therapy for lumbar radiculopathy

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 152-157

  Bhargava, Amit ^a   DePalma, Michael J ^b   Ludwig, Steven ^a   Gelb, Daniel ^a   Slipman, Curtis W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal; Epidural; Lumbar; Pain; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ETANERCEPT; HYALURONIC ACID; INFLIXIMAB; IOHEXOL; IOPAMIDOL; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OMNIPAQUE 180; OZONE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISABILITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUSHING; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJECTION SITE; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY; TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 20344372674     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000161708.68839.6c     Document Type: Review

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