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The utility of diagnostic selective nerve root blocks in the management of patients with lumbar radiculopathy: a systematic review

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  • Rebecca Beynon Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Martha Maria Christine Elwenspoek Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKThe National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West (NIHR CLAHRC West), University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Athena Sheppard Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKThe National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West (NIHR CLAHRC West), University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • John Nicholas Higgins Radiology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Angelos G Kolias Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke’s Hospital & University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rodney J Laing Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke’s Hospital & University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Penny Whiting Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UKThe National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West (NIHR CLAHRC West), University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William Hollingworth Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Martha Maria Christine Elwenspoek; martha.elwenspoek{at}bristol.ac.uk
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Beynon R, Elwenspoek MMC, Sheppard A, et al
The utility of diagnostic selective nerve root blocks in the management of patients with lumbar radiculopathy: a systematic review
BMJ Open 2019;9:e025790. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025790

Publication history

  • Received August 6, 2018
  • Revised January 7, 2019
  • Accepted February 22, 2019
  • First published April 20, 2019.
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February 15, 2023
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