A new simplified sonographic approach for pararadicular injections in the lumbar spine: A CT-controlled cadaver study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 828-831

  Loizides, Alexander ^a   Gruber, H ^a   Peer, S ^a   Brenner, E ^a   Galiano, K ^a   Obernauer, J ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISSECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROANATOMY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

CADAVER; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL NERVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 79956067143     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2389     Document Type: Article

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