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A blunt needle (Epimed(®)) does not eliminate the risk of vascular penetration during transforaminal epidural injection

BACKGROUND: Transforaminal epidural injection of local anesthetics and corticosteroids is a common practice in patients with radicular pain. However, serious morbidity has also been reported, which can be attributed to an arterial or venous injection of the medication especially particulate glucocor...

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Autores principales: Ilkhchoui, Yashar, Koshkin, Eugene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24340239
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.120784