Cervical foraminal selective nerve root block: A 'two-needle technique' with results

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 576-584

  Kumar, Naresh ^a,b   Gowda, Veda ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Cervical spondylosis; Selective nerve root block; Steroid; Two needle technique

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; IOPAMIDOL; LIDOCAINE; NIOPAM 200; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CERVICAL FORAMEN; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWO NEEDLE TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42149145358     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0600-6     Document Type: Article

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