Are diagnostic lumbar medial branch blocks valid? Results of 2-year follow-up

Pain Physician

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-153

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a   Singh, Vijay ^b   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b Pain Diagnostic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bupivacaine; Comparative local anesthetic blocks; Diagnostic blocks; Facet joint pain; False negative; False positive; Lidocaine; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISKOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SURGERY; THERMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 0042063674     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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