Injury and liability associated with cervical procedures for chronic pain

Anesthesiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 918-926

  Rathmell, James P ^a   Michna, Edward ^b   Fitzgibbon, Dermot R ^c   Stephens, Linda S ^c   Posner, Karen L ^c   Domino, Karen B ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CHRONIC PAIN; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NECK; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SEDATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SURGICAL INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 79953224422     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31820fc7f2     Document Type: Article

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