Lumbar retrodiscal versus post-ganglionic transforaminal epidural steroid injection for the treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc herniations

Pain Physician

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-360

  Park, Chan Hong ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Park, Hahck Soo ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Lumbar disc herniation; Radicular pain; Retrodiscal; Transforaminal epidural injection

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR RETRODISCAL TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTGANGLIONIC TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79960859598     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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