Multislice CT fluoroscopy-assisted cervical transforaminal injection of steroids: Technical note

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 456-461

  Kim, Hoondo ^a,b   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Myung Ho ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CT fluoroscopy; Steroid injection; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SHOULDER PAIN; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548455925     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e318030d2bc     Document Type: Article

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