Korean J Pain.  2015 Jan;28(1):64-65. 10.3344/kjp.2015.28.1.64.

Which Methods of Epidural Steroid Injections Is More Effective in Reducing the Radicular Pain; Transforaminal or Interlaminar?

• Ghobadifar MA
• Akbarzadeh A
• Mosallanejad Z

• KMID: 2278256
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3344/kjp.2015.28.1.64

Abstract

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