Transforaminal steroid injections in the treatment of cervical radiculopathy. A prospective outcome study

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1065-1070

  Kolstad, F ^a   Leivseth, G ^a   Nygaard, O P ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Operative treatment; Transforaminal steroid injections

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25444482377     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-005-0542-2     Document Type: Article

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