CT use in pain management

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-112

  Illiasch, Herbert ^a   Likar, Rudolf ^a   Stanton Hicks, Michael ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; CT fluoroscopy; Epidural injection; Facet syndrome; Pain management; Sympathetic block

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SPINE INSTABILITY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 34249748398     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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