Value of CT fluoroscopy for lumbar facet blocks

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1001-1003

  Meleka, Sherif ^a,b   Patra, Ajanta ^a   Minkoff, Evan ^a   Murphy, Kieran ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins Green Spring   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644822852     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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