Epidural local anesthetic plus corticosteroid for the treatment of cervical brachial radicular pain: Single injection versus continuous infusion

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 551-557

  Pasqualucci, Alberto ^a   Varrassi, Giustino ^b   Braschi, Antonio ^d   Peduto, Vito Aldo ^a   Brunelli, Andrea ^c   Marinangeli, Franco ^b   Gori, Fabio ^a   Colò, Francesca ^c   Paladini, Antonella ^b   Mojoli, Francesco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervicobrachial pain; Chronic pain; Epidural corticosteroid; Epidural local anesthetic

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548126485     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318074c95c     Document Type: Article

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