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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...
Autores principales: | Ilkhchoui, Yashar, Koshkin, Eugene |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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