Influence of Needle Position on Lumbar Segmental Nerve Root Block Selectivity

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 523-530

  Wolff, André P ^a,c   Groen, Gerbrand J ^b   Wilder Smith, Oliver H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c BERNHOVEN HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Segmental nerve root block; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL ROOT; TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; IOHEXOL; LIDOCAINE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33751329321     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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