On the geometry of fluoroscopy views for cervical interlaminar epidural injections

Pain Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-65

  Landers, Milton H ^a   Dreyfuss, Paul ^b   Bogduk, Nikolai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Royal Newcastle Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical; Epidural; Interlaminar; Lateral view; Oblique view; Spinal injection

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 84855749977     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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