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- Fig 1.
Extraforaminal contrast distribution after CSNRB of the right C6 nerve root.
- Fig 2.
Extra- and intraforaminal contrast distribution after CSNRB of the right C6 nerve root.
- Fig 3.
Schematic illustration of the needle tip and entrance of the foramen. 1 indicates the facet joint; 2, the uncinate process; 3, the line reaching from the anterior part of the uncinate process to the anterior part of the zygapophyseal joint; 4, the area in which the needle tip in the dorsal-approach technique is expected; and 5, the area in which the nerve root and nerve supplying the artery are expected.
Tables
Number of different nerve root blocksa
Nerve Root All Indications Diagnostic Indication Therapeutic Indication No. + − No. + − No. + − C3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 C4 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 C5 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 C6 22 16 6 14 9 5 8 7 1 C7 13 10 2 12 9 3 1 1 0 C8 10 9 1 5 4 1 5 5 0 Σ 53 40 13 38 26 12 15 14 1 -
a + indicates evaluated as a positive block; −, evaluated as a negative block.
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