Lumbar discogram resulting from lumbar interlaminar epidural injection

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-298

  Huang, Jeffrey ^a   Kwa, Andre ^a  

^a Anesthesiologists of Greater Orlando   (United States)

Author keywords

complication; discography; fluoroscopy; Lumbar epidural steroid injection

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ROPIVACAINE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE DIACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISKOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISCOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN; STEROIDS;

EID: 3142663117     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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