Epidural contrast flow patterns of transforaminal epidural steroid injections stratified by commonly used final needle-tip position

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 864-870

  Desai, Mehul J ^a   Shah, Binit ^a   Sayal, Puneet K ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast Media; Epidural; Injections

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROID THERAPY; TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959261613     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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