Cost comparison of nerve root infiltration of the lumbar spine under MRI and CT guidance

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1487-1494

  Maurer, M H ^a   Schreiter, N ^a   De Bucourt, M ^a   Grieser, C ^a   Renz, D M ^a   Hartwig, T ^a   Hamm, B ^a   Streitparth, F ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; CT fluoroscopy; Interventional MRI; MR fluoroscopy; Nerve root infiltration

Indexed keywords

ACCUPAQUE 240; BUPIVACAINE; IOHEXOL; PRILOCAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCOUNTING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL NERVE ROOT INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RADICULAR PAIN; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878725192     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2757-y     Document Type: Article

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