Outcome of percutaneous rupture of lumbar synovial cysts: a case series of 101 patients

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 899-904

  Martha, Julia F ^a   Swaim, Bryan ^a   Wang, David A ^a   Kim, David H ^a,b   Hill, James ^a   Bode, Rita ^c   Schwartz, Carolyn E ^a,b,d  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DeltaQuest Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet cyst; Facet injection; Facet joint; Retrospective pretest; Steroid injection; Synovial cyst; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CYST RUPTURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNOVIAL CYST;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; SYNOVIAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 71149095076     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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