Clinical outcomes of cervical radiculopathy following epidural steroid injection: A prospective study with follow-up for more than 2 years

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1041-1047

  Lee, Sang Hun ^a   Kim, Ki Tack ^a   Kim, Dong Hwan ^a   Lee, Bong Jae ^a   Son, Eun Seok ^b   Kwack, Yoon Ho ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cervical radiculopathy; epidural steroid injection; outcomes; prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861528642     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823b4d1f     Document Type: Article

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