TY  - JOUR
T1  - Perils of Intravascular Methylprednisolone Injection into the Vertebral Artery
AU  - Wainger, Brian J.
AU  - Rathmell, James P.
Y1  - 2009/05/01
N1  - 
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 1277
EP  - 1278
VL  - 91
IS  - 5
N2  - 
We commend Dr. Okubadejo and colleagues for the article "Perils of Intravascular Methylprednisolone Injection into the Vertebral Artery. An Animal Study" (2008;90:1932-8). They show a convincing association between intra-arterial injection of particulate steroid and catastrophic neurological injury. This study should help to eliminate remaining questions about the mechanism of injury. We offer a caution about judging the permanency of neural injury and issue a call for further study of the safety and effectiveness of nonparticulate steroids, particularly dexamethasone.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ER  -