Spinal endoscopy in chronic low back pain with radiculopathy: A prospective case series

Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 454-460

  Richardson, J ^a   McGurgan, P ^a   Cheema, S ^a   Prasad, R ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques: epidural; Pain: chronic; sciatica

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NERVE SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; SCAR; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYRADICULOPATHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035004001     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01524-3.x     Document Type: Article

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