Is chronic opioid use a negative predictive factor for response to cervical epidural steroid injections?

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 123-127

  Kirpalani, Dhiruj ^a   Mitra, Raj ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical epidural; opioid; steroid

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052062182     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: 18786324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2011-0285     Document Type: Review

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