Translaminar Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection: Short-term Results and Factors Influencing Outcome

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1151-1155

  Strub, William M ^a   Brown, Thomas A ^b   Ying, Jun ^c   Hoffmann, Mary ^b   Ernst, Robert J ^b   Bulas, Robert V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NECK PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548208203     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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