Does neural blockade and other neurosurgical modalities offer a durable pain relief for spinal disorders?

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 155-164

  Rosenow, Detlef E ^a  

^a Practice of Neurosurgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facet joint syndrome; Percutaneous denervating techniques; Spinal canal stenosis

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CRYOTHERAPY; DATA BASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DENERVATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INNERVATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; FACET JOINT SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SPINAL PAIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036399264     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.2002.0206     Document Type: Article

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