Safety and efficacy of CT-guided transforaminal cervical epidural steroid injections using a posterior approach

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-419

  Wald, John T ^a   Maus, T P ^a   Geske, J R ^a   Carter, R E ^a   Diehn, F E ^a   Kaufmann, T J ^a   Morris, J M ^a   Murthy, N S ^a   Thielen, K R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE SAFETY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADICULAR PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858679654     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2835     Document Type: Article

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