The Noninferiority of the Nonparticulate Steroid Dexamethasone vs the Particulate Steroids Betamethasone and Triamcinolone in Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections
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- 1 November 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Pain Medicine
- Vol. 14 (11) , 1650-1657
Abstract
Objective. To assess whether a nonparticulate steroid (dexamethasone, 10 mg) is less clinically effective than the particulate steroids (triamcinolone,Keywords
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