Radiofrequency ablation for chronic pain control

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 517-525

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Mekhail, Nagy ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Medial Branch; Stellate Ganglion Block; Trigeminal Neuralgia; Whiplash Injury

Indexed keywords

CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW;

CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 0035654623     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-001-0069-z     Document Type: Article

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