Nerve root sleeve injections in patients with failed back surgery syndrome: A comparison of three solutions

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-135

  Devulder, Jacques ^a   Deene, Philip ^a   De Laat, Martine ^a   Van Bastelaere, Martine ^a   Brusselmans, Griet ^a   Rolly, Georges ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Failed back surgery; Hyaluronidase; Nerve root sleeve

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYALURONIDASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BACK PAIN; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032990933     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199906000-00010     Document Type: Article

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