Epidural Steroid Injections and Selective Nerve Root Blocks

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-21

  Eckel, Timothy S ^a   Bartynski, Walter S ^b  

^a Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anesthetic; epidural; image guided; low back pain; neck pain; radiculopathy; sciatica; selective nerve root block; spinal stenosis; steroid

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; BUPIVACAINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLAUDICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EQUIPMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROGENIC CLAUDICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL PAIN; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STEROIDS;

EID: 70349102482     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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