Correlation between Epidurographic Contrast Flow Patterns and Clinical Effectiveness in Chronic Lumbar Discogenic Radicular Pain Treated with Epidural Steroid Injections Via Different Approaches |
Gupta, Ruchi
(Department of Anaesthesia, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research)
Singh, Saru (Department of Anaesthesia, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research) Kaur, Sukhdeep (Department of Anaesthesia, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and research) Singh, Kulvinder (Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research) Aujla, Kuljeet (Department of Anaesthesia, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research) |
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