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Incorrect Needle Position during Lumbar Epidural Steroid Administration: Inaccuracy of Loss of Air Pressure Resistance and Requirement of Fluoroscopy and Epidurography during Needle Insertion
Walter S. Bartynski, Stephen Z. Grahovac and William E. Rothfus
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2005, 26 (3) 502-505;
Walter S. Bartynski
Stephen Z. Grahovac
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Incorrect Needle Position during Lumbar Epidural Steroid Administration: Inaccuracy of Loss of Air Pressure Resistance and Requirement of Fluoroscopy and Epidurography during Needle Insertion
Walter S. Bartynski, Stephen Z. Grahovac, William E. Rothfus
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2005, 26 (3) 502-505;
Incorrect Needle Position during Lumbar Epidural Steroid Administration: Inaccuracy of Loss of Air Pressure Resistance and Requirement of Fluoroscopy and Epidurography during Needle Insertion
Walter S. Bartynski, Stephen Z. Grahovac, William E. Rothfus
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2005, 26 (3) 502-505;
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