The efficacy of transforaminal injection of steroids for the treatment of lumbar radicular pain

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1149-1168

  Ghahreman, Ali ^a   Ferch, Richard ^a   Bogduk, Nikolai ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injection; Lumbar; Radicular pain; Radiculopathy; Steroids; Transforaminal

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SCIATICA; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651422308     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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