Chemical sympathectomy for neuropathic pain: Does it work? Case report and systematic literature review

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-336

  Furlan, Andrea D ^a,c,e   Lui, Ping Wing ^f   Mailis, Angela ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^f Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case report; Chemical sympathectomy; Evidence based medicine; Neuropathic pain; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PHENOL;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; PHENOL; REOPERATION; SPINAL FUSION; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035212872     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200112000-00007     Document Type: Article

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