Ultrasound-guided Distance Measurements of Vertebral Structures for Lumbar Medial Branch Block
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Moon, Jin Cheon
(Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 21th Century Hospital)
Shim, Jae Kwang (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Jo, Kwang Yun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Yoon, Kyung Bong (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Kim, Won Oak (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) Yoon, Duck Mi (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) |
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