Ultrasound-guided injection of lumbar zygapophyseal joints: An anatomic study with fluoroscopy validation

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-231

  Gofeld, Michael ^a   Bristow, Sandee J ^a   Chiu, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INJECTION; JOINT CAPSULE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEEDLE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; ULTRASOUND GUIDED INJECTION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84859761262     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3182461144     Document Type: Article

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