Contribution of facet joints to chronic low back pain in postlumbar laminectomy syndrome: A controlled comparative prevalence evaluation

Pain Physician

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-180

  Manchikanti, L ^a   Pampati, V ^a   Ghafoor Baha, A ^a   Fellows, B ^a   Damron, K S ^a   Barnhill, R C ^a  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Controlled diagnostic blocks; Facet joint injections; Facet joint mediated pain; Postlumbar laminectomy syndrome

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; LAMINECTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035029431     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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