Ultrasound as a Screening Tool for Proceeding With Caudal Epidural Injections

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-363

  Chen, Carl P ^a   Wong, Alice M ^a   Hsu, Chih Chin ^a   Tsai, Wen Chung ^a   Chang, Chen Nen ^a   Lin, Shih Cherng ^a   Huang, Yin Cheng ^a   Chang, Chih Hsiang ^a   Tang, Simon F ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAUDAL EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT SAFETY; REHABILITATION CENTER; SACRUM; SCREENING TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SCIATICA; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 77949340411     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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