Epidural steroid injections: An update on mechanisms of injury and safety

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-271

  Gharibo, Christopher ^a   Koo, Caroline ^a   Chung, Jennifer ^a   Moroz, Alex ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural; Nerve damage; Paralysis; Steriod; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE ACETATE; BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADICULOPATHY; SEDATION; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STEROID THERAPY; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 71549153458     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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