Lateral parasagittal versus midline interlaminar lumbar epidural steroid injection for management of low back pain with lumbosacral radicular pain: A double-blind, randomized study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 219-227

  Ghai, Babita ^a   Vadaje, Kaivalya Sadashiv ^a   Wig, Jyotsna ^a   Dhillon, Mandeep Singh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULAR PAIN; MALE; MIDLINE INTERLAMINAR INJECTION; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PARASAGITTAL INTERLAMINAR INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880570168     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182910a15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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