Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy

SPEC - Essentials of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia (Reprint)

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 331-340

  Molloy, Robert E ^a   Benzon, Honorio T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-06651-1.50044-7     Document Type: Chapter

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