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Lint: cervical-interlaminar-epidural-steroid-injection

cervical-interlaminar-epidural-steroid-injection
Spacing
error

"Driving is not advised as a local anaesthetic is included in the epidural injectate. The reasons include an inability to perform an emergency procedure and be in safe control of a vehicle."

Line 26:86 · 'e. T' should have one space.
Units
error

"syringes e.g. x3 10mL, 5mL"

Line 36:25 · Put a space between the number and the unit in '10mL'.

"syringes e.g. x3 10mL, 5mL"

Line 36:31 · Put a space between the number and the unit in '5mL'.

"prednisolone acetate (hydrocortancyl 2.5%) - 2mL"

Line 61:53 · Put a space between the number and the unit in '2mL'.
List Punctuation
error

"extradural location - to avoid intradural injection with resultant adhesive arachnoiditis."

Line 71:87 · Do not put full stops at the end of a list item.
Adjectival Hyphens
error

"Post-procedure infection is rare."

Line 75:4 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'Post-procedure'.
Acronyms
warning

"on a true AP identify the level to be approached (e.g. C6/7 or C7/T1)"

Line 50:18 · 'AP' has no definition. Spell it out if it's unfamiliar to the audience.
Headings Valid
warning

Expected headings

  • H1 Indications
  • H1 Contraindications
  • H1 Preprocedural evaluation
  • H1 Procedure
  • H2 Equipment
  • H2 Technique
  • H2 Postprocedural care
  • H1 Postprocedural evaluation
  • H2 Radiographic features
  • H1 Complications
  • H1 Outcomes
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 See also

"Absolute"

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"Relative"

Line 11:1 · "Relative" is not a recognised heading for this article type.

"Preprocedural evaluation"

Line 17:1 · "Preprocedural evaluation" should be H1, not H2.

"Positioning/room set-up"

Line 27:1 · "Positioning/room set-up" is not a recognised heading for this article type.
Semicolons
suggestion

"Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injections (ILESIs) are used to inject steroids in the epidural space and around the exiting nerve roots and are one of the two main spinal epidural injections; the other is cervical transforaminal epidural injections."

Line 1:226 · Use semicolons judiciously.
Inline EG
suggestion

"on a true AP identify the level to be approached (e.g. C6/7 or C7/T1)"

Line 50:57 · Consider replacing a bracketed e.g. with an inline e.g. after a comma.
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