Prevalence of anatomic impediments to interlaminar lumbar epidural steroid injection

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 339-343

  Hameed, Farah ^a,b   Hunter, David J ^c,d   Rainville, James ^a,c   Li, Ling ^c   Suri, Pradeep ^a,b,c,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Injections, epidural; Low back pain; Pathological conditions, anatomical; Rehabilitation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FAT BODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERLAMINAR LUMBAR EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SPINE INJURY; STEROID THERAPY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCINOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84863047640     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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