Nerve root blocks in the treatment of lumbar radicular pain: A minimum five-year follow-up

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1722-1725

  Riew, K Daniel ^a   Park, Jong Beom ^a   Cho, Yong Sun ^a   Gilula, Louis ^a   Patel, Alpesh ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746884249     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00278     Document Type: Article

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