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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...
Autor principal: | Epstein, Nancy E. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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