Etanercept: An epidural steroid alternative for minimally invasive treatment of radiculitis

Anesthesiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 967-969

  Huntoon, Marc A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; MIDAZOLAM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TNFR FC FUSION PROTEIN; TNFR-FC FUSION PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CANCER PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 65549152269     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181a05910     Document Type: Editorial

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