Ultrasound guidance for facet joint injections in the lumbar spine: A computed tomography-controlled feasibility study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 579-583

  Galiano, Klaus ^a   Obwegeser, Alois Albert ^a,d   Bodner, Gerd ^a   Freund, Martin ^a   Maurer, Herbert ^a   Kamelger, Florian Stefan ^b   Schatzer, Reinhold ^c   Ploner, Franz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Hospital of Vipiteno   (Italy)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 22244461270     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000158609.64417.93     Document Type: Article

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