The Rate of Detection of Intravascular Injection in Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections With and Without Digital Subtraction Angiography

PM and R

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 636-642

  McLean, James P ^a   Sigler, James D ^a   Plastaras, Christopher T ^b   Garvan, Cynthia Wilson ^c   Rittenberg, Joshua D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTRAVASCULAR INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD VESSELS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEXAMETHASONE; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 67649541076     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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