Selective diagnostic cervical nerve root block - Correlation with clinical symptoms and MRI-pathology

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 559-565

  Anderberg, Leif ^a   Annertz, M ^a   Brandt, L ^a   Saveland H ^a   Mayer, H Michael ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spine; MRI; Radiculopathy; Root block

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SELECTIVE DIAGNOSTIC NERVE ROOT BLOCK; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RADICULAR PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942718756     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0241-4     Document Type: Article

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