Comparing the effects of epidural methylprednisolone acetate injected in patients with pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis or herniated disks: A prospective study

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 875-878

  Mobaleghi, Jafar ^a   Allahdini, Faramarz ^a   Nasseri, Karim ^a   Ahsan, Behzad ^a   Shami, Shoaleh ^a   Faizi, Mansour ^a   Gharibi, Fardin ^a  

^a KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Herniated disk; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Methylprednisolone acetate

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PETHIDINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULAR PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84973129681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S25929     Document Type: Article

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