Outcome study of real-time mr-guided cervical periradicular injection therapy in an open 1.0 Tesla MRI system

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 756-762

  Maurer, Martin H ^a   Disch, Alexander C ^a   Hartwig, Tony ^a   Renz, Diane M ^a   Schreiter, Nils ^a   Hamm, B ^a   Streitparth, Florian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical nerve root injection; Clinical outcome.; Interventional MRI; Open MRI; Pain management; Radiation protection; Spine nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PERIRADICULAR INJECTION THERAPY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; RATING SCALE; DEVICES; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901651697     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-013-0738-4     Document Type: Article

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