Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injection for neck pain and cervical radiculopathy: Effect and prognostic factors

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 431-436

  Kwon, Jong Won ^a   Lee, Joon Woo ^a   Kim, Sung Hyun ^a   Choi, Ja Young ^b   Yeom, Jin Sup ^a   Kim, Hyun Jib ^a   Kwack, Kyu Sung ^a   Moon, Sung Gyu ^b   Jun, Woo Sun ^b   Kang, Heung Sik ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Interventional procedure; Spinalcanal, stenosis; Spine,interventional procedure; Spine,intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TAMCELON; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 33947626097     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0258-2     Document Type: Review

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