Ultrasound-guided facet joint injections in the middle to lower cervical spine: A CT-controlled sonoanatomic study

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 538-543

  Galiano, Klaus ^a   Obwegeser, Alois Albert ^a   Bodner, Gerd ^b   Freund, Martin Cornelius ^b   Gruber, Hannes ^b   Maurer, Herbert ^b   Schatzer, Reinhold ^c   Fiegele, Thomas ^a   Ploner, Franz ^d  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Neurochirurgie Innsbruck   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Hospital of Vipiteno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Facet joint injections; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRA; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33747584597     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000202977.98420.27     Document Type: Article

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