Penetration of a cervical radicular artery during a transforaminal epidural injection

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-231

  Verrills, Paul ^a   Nowesenitz, Gillian ^a   Barnard, Adele ^a  

^a Metro Spinal Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical radicular arteries; Cervical spine; Cervical transformaminal epidural steroid injections; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION FLUOROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; RADICULAR PAIN; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 75249100107     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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