Evidence-based practice of lumbar epidural injections

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 281-287

  Datta, Sukdeb ^a   Benyamin, Ramsin M ^b   Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Millenium Pain Center   (United States)

^c PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal; Epidural injections; Local anesthetic; Lumbar interlaminar; Lumbar transforaminal; Steroids

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISCOGENIC PAIN; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADICULITIS; RADICULOPATHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 71549137734     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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