Corticosteroid choice for epidural injections

PM and R

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 524-532

  DePalma, Michael J ^a   Stout, Alison ^b   Kennedy, David J ^c  

^a PC and Virginia Spine Research Institute Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Evergreen Spine and Sport Center   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PARALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL STENOSIS; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 84879448619     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2013.05.017     Document Type: Editorial

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