Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Medial-Branch Block: A Clinical Study With Fluoroscopy Control

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 451-454

  Shim, Jae Kwang ^a   Moon, Jin Cheon ^a   Yoon, Kyung Bong ^a   Kim, Won Oak ^a   Yoon, Duck Mi ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Facet joint; Low back pain; Medial branch block; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33748118102     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.06.246     Document Type: Article

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