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Unnecessary Cervical Epidural Injection in An Octogenarian

BACKGROUND: Epidural spine injections (ESI) have no documented long-term efficacy. Furthermore, cervical ESI uniquely risk intramedullary injections with resultant neurological deficits (e.g. monoplegia to quadriplegia), and intravascular vertebral injections (e.g. which potentially contribute to st...

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Autor principal: Epstein, Nancy E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6744805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31528446
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI-197-2019