Nerve blocks in chronic pain therapy - Are there any indications left?

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1100-1107

  Stanton Hicks, M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic: local; Chronic pain; Diagnosis; Neural blockade; Prognosis; Validation

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN;

EID: 0034780933     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.450909.x     Document Type: Review

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