Radiofrequency procedures in chronic pain

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 597-617

  Lord, Susan M ^a   Bogduk, Nikolai ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Neuropathic pain; Radiofrequency; Spinal pain; Surgery; Trigeminal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOFREQUENCY NEUROTOMY; RADIOSURGERY; SAFETY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; PAIN; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 0036974767     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bean.2002.0250     Document Type: Article

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