Caudal epidurals: The accuracy of blind needle placement and the value of a confirmatory epidurogram

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1479-1483

  Barham, Guy ^a   Hilton, Andrew ^a  

^a DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caudal epidural; Complications; Epidurogram; Miss rates; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; EPIDUROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; NEURORADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956945584     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1469-8     Document Type: Article

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