Injection studies in spinal disorders

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 443, Issue , 2006, Pages 168-182

  Leonardi, Massimo ^a   Pfirrmann, Christian W ^a   Boos, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PROCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ALLERGY; ANALGESIA; ARACHNOIDITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISKITIS; DISKOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SOMATIZATION; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NERVE BLOCK; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33645326567     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000200254.42500.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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