Lumbar radiculopathy after zygapophyseal joint injection

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 412-414

  Sehgal, Arun ^a   Valentine, J M J ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Injections, spinal; Low back pain; Radiculopathy; Therapy; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MIDAZOLAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE NERVE DAMAGE; LEG PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REFLEX DISORDER; SEDATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34548287905     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem178     Document Type: Article

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