Intradiscal Injections Following Transforaminal Block-Etiology and Evidence for Withholding Prophylactic Antibiotics
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1526-2375,1526-4637
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01257.x