Influence of needle-tip position on the incidence of immediate complications in 2,217 selective lumbar nerve root blocks

Spine Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-176

  Stalcup, Seth T ^a   Crall, Timothy S ^b   Gilula, Louis ^c   Riew, K Daniel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Injections; Minimally invasive procedures; Needle tip position; Radiculopathy; Selective lumbar nerve blocks

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BUPIVACAINE; IOHEXOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; OMNIPAQUE 180;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ROOT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 33644628355     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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