The ability of diagnostic spinal injections to predict surgical outcomes

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1756-1775

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b,c   Hurley, Robert W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC SPINAL INJECTION; DISKOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK REPLACEMENT; LUMBAR FACET BLOCK; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDLINE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549089554     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000287637.30163.a2     Document Type: Article

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