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This chapter summarized the important anatomy and sonoanatomy pertinent to the performance of the ultrasound-guided cervical nerve root injection. The sonoanatomy of C5 to C7, the different patterns of vessels in the vicinity of the nerve root, and the injection technique are also discussed.
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Narouze, S., Peng, P. (2020). Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Nerve Root Block. In: Peng, P., Finlayson, R., Lee, S., Bhatia, A. (eds) Ultrasound for Interventional Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18371-4_12
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