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Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Nerve Root Block

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The cervical spinal nerve occupies the lower part of the foramen with the epiradicular veins in the upper part. The radicular arteries arising from the vertebral, ascending cervical, and deep cervical arteries lie in close approximation to the spinal nerve.

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Narouze, S.N. (2011). Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Nerve Root Block. In: Narouze, S. (eds) Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1681-5_8

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