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Interventional

of the Spine

Image-Guided Pain Therapy

Edited by

J. Kevin McGraw, MD

Interventional

Radiology

of the Spine

Image-Guided Pain Therapy

Edited by

J. Kevin McGraw, MD

Interventional Radiology of the Spine

I NTERVENTIONAL

R ADIOLOGY OF THE S PINE

I MAGE -G UIDED P AIN T HERAPY

Edited by

J. K EVIN M C G RAW , MD

Riverside Methodist Hospital,

Columbus, OH

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Cover Illustrations: Figure 5B from Chapter 13, “Treatment of Discogenic Back Pain,” by Jeff S. Silber, J. Kevin McGraw, and John A. Lippert; Figure

7 from Chapter 3, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine,” by Eiran Mandelker, Gretchen G. Cordero, Dennis H. Son, and J. Kevin McGraw; Figure

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Interventional radiology of the spine: image-guided pain therapy / edited by J. Kevin McGraw.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-58829-198-7 (alk. paper)

1. Interventional radiology. 2. Spine--Diseases--Treatment. 3. Backache--Treatment. 4. Spine--Imaging.

RD33.55.I585 2003