Transforaminal escape of a lumbar epidural catheter
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Transforaminal lumbar epidural steroid injections.
Low back pain is an important medical, social, and economic problem involving approximately 15% to 39% of the population. Of the numerous therapeutic interventions available for treatment of chronic low back pain, including surgery, epidural administration of corticosteroids is one such intervention commonly used. Several approaches available to access the lumbar epidural space are the caudal, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03008325