A comparison of quincke and whitacre needles with respect to risk of intravascular uptake in s1 transforaminal epidural steroid injections: A randomized trial of 1376 cases

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1241-1247

  Shin, Jaehyuck ^a   Kim, Yong Chul ^b   Lee, Sang Chul ^b   Kim, Jae Hun ^c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; LIDOCAINE; STEROID; TICLOPIDINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM; GENDER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NERVE INJURY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUINCKE NEEDLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL NEEDLE; SPINE SURGERY; WHITACRE NEEDLE; BACK; BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD VESSELS; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; RISK; STEROIDS;

EID: 84887057315     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182a6d1bd     Document Type: Article

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