An Alternative Approach to Needle Placement in Cervicothoracic Epidural Injections
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An Alternative Approach to Needle Placement in Cervicothoracic Epidural Injections
The use of fluoroscopy guidance together with the loss of resistance technique during epidural injections has been advocated lately; moreover, epidural injections in the absence of fluoroscopic guidance have a high rate of inaccurate needle-tip placement during the injections. However, the approach to the lower cervical and upper thoracic epidural space may be challenging due to its obscure lat...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Pain
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2005-9159,2093-0569
DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2012.25.3.183