Cervical nerve root blocks: Indications and role of MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-92

  Strobel, Klaus ^a,c   Pfirrmann, Christian W A ^a   Schmid, Marius ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^a   Boos, Norbert ^b   Zanetti, Marco ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^c Cantonal Hospital Lucerne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nerves, roots; Spinal canal, stenosis; Spine, abnormalities; Spine, CT; Spine, MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL NERVE ROOT BLOCK; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4644318858     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2331030423     Document Type: Article

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