CT-guided cervical selective nerve root block with a dorsal approach

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1831-1836

  Wolter, Tilman ^a   Knoeller, S ^a   Berlis, A ^a   Hader, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649682794     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2230     Document Type: Article

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