Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 81-89 , April 2007

Imaging for percutaneous lumbar disc decompression procedures

  • Timothy Deer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pain Relief, Charleston, West Virginia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Timothy Deer, MD, Center for Pain Relief and Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University, 400 Court Street, Suite 304, Charleston, WV 25301.
    • ,
  • Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

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PII: S1084-208X(07)00015-8

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.02.014

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 81-89 , April 2007

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