Inadvertent disk Injection during transforaminal Epidural steroid injection: Steps for prevention and management

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 688-694

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b   Maine, David N ^a   Shockey, Sean M ^b   Kudchadkar, Sapna ^a   Griffith, Scott ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Diskitis; Epidural Steroid Injection; Infection; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CEFAZOLIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISK INJECTION; DISKITIS; DISKOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADICULOPATHY;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDURAL SPACE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; STEROIDS;

EID: 50249143488     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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