Clinical Survey: Patterns of Utilization of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections by a Cohort of Spinal Surgeons

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Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-334

  Lebude, Bryan ^a   Wang, Dajie ^a   Harrop, James S ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchel ^a   Anderson, D Greg ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Ratliff, John K ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON;

DATA COLLECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERNET; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STEROIDS;

EID: 64349107493     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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