Paraplegia Following a Thoracolumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
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Paraplegia following a thoracolumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection.
BACKGROUND In recent years, transforaminal epidural injections have emerged as an alternative to interlaminar and caudal epidural steroid injections. The rationale for utilizing transforaminal epidural injections has been described for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes. The evidence for lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in managing lumbar nerve root pain is strong, wher...
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عنوان ژورنال: July 2005
سال: 2005
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2005/8/309