The ability of single site, single depth sacral lateral branch blocks to anesthetize the sacroiliac joint complex

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 844-850

  Dreyfuss, Paul ^a   Snyder, Benjamin D ^b   Park, Kathryn ^c   Willard, Frank ^d   Carreiro, Jane ^e   Bogduk, Nikolai ^f  

^a Washington Interventional Spine Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^e South Bend Clinic   (United States)

^f Newcastle Bone and Joint Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anesthetic; Injections; Sacral Lateral Branch Nerves; Sacroiliac Joint

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPAMIDOL; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INNERVATION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; STAINING;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; SACROILIAC JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949122891     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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