Fluoroscopically guided caudal epidural steroid injection for management of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis: Short-term and long-term results

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 691-699

  Lee, Joon Woo ^a   Myung, Jae Sung ^a   Park, Kun Woo ^a   Yeom, Jin S ^a   Kim, Ki Jeong ^a   Kim, Hyun Jib ^a   Kang, Heung Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Caudal epidural steroid injection; Lumbar spine; Spinal stenosis; Spine intervention; Steroid

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TAMCETON; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955549483     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0860-1     Document Type: Article

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