Piriformis syndrome: A simple technique for US-guided infiltration of the perisciatic nerve. Preliminary results

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 616-620

  Reus, Manuel ^a   Dios Berná, Juan ^a   Vázquez, Victoria ^a   Redondo, Ma Victoria ^a   Alonso, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Myofascial syndrome; Pelvic pain; Piriformis syndrome; Sciatica; Ultrasound; Ultrasound guided

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DILUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LEG ARTERY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; STEROIDS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 39149141383     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0799-3     Document Type: Article

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