Appearance of plica mediana dorsalis during epidurography [2]

Pain Physician

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-270

  Stevens, Donald S ^a   Balkany, Adam D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; LIDOCAINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EPIDURAL SPACE; EPIDUROGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LAMINECTOMY; LETTER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLICA MEDIANA DORSALIS; RADICULITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CANAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33747182549     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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