Radiofrequency lesions for the treatment of spinal pain

Pain Digest

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Wenger, Christopher C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BACKACHE; CERVICAL GANGLION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPINAL GANGLION; STELLATE GANGLION; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0031943090     PISSN: 09389016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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