Fluoroscopic percutaneous lumbar zygapophyseal joint cyst rupture: a clinical outcome study

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 387-395

  Allen, Tracy L ^a   Tatli, Yusuf ^b   Lutz, Gregory E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst rupture technique; Injections; Lower back pain; Radicular pain; Synovial cyst; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IOHEXOL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYST RUPTURE TECHNIQUE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; RUPTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SYNOVIAL CYST; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 64849083915     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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