Therapeutic efficacy of facet joint blocks

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1228-1233

  Gorbach, Christoph ^a   Schmid, Marius R ^b   Elfering, Achim ^c   Hodler, Juerg ^b   Boos, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; Interventional radiology; Musculoskeletal imaging; Pain; Spine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEPIVACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 33745576518     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1042     Document Type: Article

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