Postherpetic Neuralgia Involving the Right C5 Dermatome Treated With a Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: A Case Report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-258

  Shakir, Ali ^a   Kimbrough, Dale A ^b,c   Mehta, Bina ^a  

^a Western Reserve Spine and Pain Institute   (United States)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^c Portsmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Herpes zoster; Injections, epidural; Neuralgia; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PREGABALIN; STEROID; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOME; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VESICULAR RASH;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 33846649667     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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