The longitudinal effectiveness of lateral atlantoaxial intra-articular steroid injection in the treatment of cervicogenic headache

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 184-188

  Narouze, Samer N ^a   Casanova, Jose ^b   Mekhail, Nagy ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Aultman Health Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial Joint; Cervicogenic Headache; Headache; Intra Articular Injection

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 33847001988     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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