Technical and Imaging Report: Fluoroscopic Guidance for Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Synovial Cyst

Pain Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-184

  Rauchwerger, Jacob J ^a   Candido, Kenneth D ^b   Zoarski, Gregg H ^c  

^a Pain Management Center of Long Island   (United States)

^b ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet arthropathy; Flouroscopy; Low back pain; Nerve root compression; Radiculitis; Synovial cyst

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUPIVACAINE; CLOPIDOGREL; IOHEXOL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; SYNOVIAL CYST; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

EID: 79952298106     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2010.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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