Fluoroscopic-guided lumbar puncture: Fluoroscopic time and implications of body mass index - A baseline study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1475-1480

  Boddu, Srikanth R ^a   Corey, A ^a   Peterson, R ^a   Saindane, A M ^a   Hudgins, P A ^a   Chen, Z ^b   Wang, X ^b   Applegate, K E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPIC GUIDED LUMBAR PUNCTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; WORK EXPERIENCE; BACK; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PUNCTURE; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907307907     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3914     Document Type: Article

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