Minimally invasive percutaneous epidural neurolysis in chronic radiculopathy. A prospective feasibility trial;Die minimal-invasive perkutane epidurale neurolyse beim chronischen nervenwurzelreiz-syndrom. Eine prospektive kontrollierte pilotstudie zum wirksamkeitsnachweis

Orthopade

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 869-876

  Gerdesmeyer, L ^a   Rechl, H ^a   Wagenpfeil, S ^a   Ulmer, M ^a   Lampe, R ^a   Wagner, K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Neurolysis; Racz; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROLYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL NERVES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242267543     PISSN: 00854530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00132-003-0533-z     Document Type: Article

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