Value of diagnostic lumbar selective nerve root block: A prospective controlled study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1017-1023

  Yeom, J S ^a   Lee, J W ^a   Park, K W ^a   Chang, Bong Soon ^a   Lee, C K ^a   Buchowski, J M ^b   Riew, K D ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC SELECTIVE NERVE ROOT BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVALUATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43649103942     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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