Accuracy of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks of the cervical zygapophysial joints

Anesthesiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-352

  Siegenthaler, Andreas ^a   Mlekusch, Sabine ^a   Trelle, Sven ^a   Schliessbach, Juerg ^a   Curatolo, Michele ^a   Eichenberger, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL ZYGAPOPHYSIAL JOINT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; JOINT; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84864276743     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182605e11     Document Type: Article

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