Incidence of Inadvertent Intravascular Injection during CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Epidural Steroid Injections

P.G. Kranz; T.J. Amrhein; L. Gray

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Incidence of Inadvertent Intravascular Injection during CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Epidural Steroid Injections

P.G. Kranz, T.J. Amrhein and L. Gray

American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2015, 36 (5) 1000-1007; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4219

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L. Graya

^aFrom the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Please address correspondence to Peter G. Kranz, MD, Department of Radiology, Box 3808, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710; e-mail: peter.kranz{at}duke.edu

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Incidence of Inadvertent Intravascular Injection during CT Fluoroscopy–Guided Epidural Steroid Injections

P.G. Kranz, T.J. Amrhein, L. Gray

American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2015, 36 (5) 1000-1007; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4219

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