Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Following Neuraxial Steroid Administration: Does Epidural Injection Produce Pathologic Findings?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 326-331

  Davidson, Elyad M ^a,b   Sklar, Evelyn M ^a   Ginosar, Yehuda ^b   Abdi, Salahadin ^a   Bhatia, Rita G ^a   Garcia, Lester ^a   Hulen, Rachel B ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Birnbach, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complications; Epidural; Hematoma; MRI; Neuraxial

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 48149100788     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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