Lumbosacral radiculopathy following radiofrequency ablation therapy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 754-756

  Coskun, D Jim ^a   Gilchrist, James ^a   Dupuy, Damian ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Lumbosacral radiculopathy; Prognosis; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUMBOSACRAL RADICULOPATHY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THERMAL INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 0344875228     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10486     Document Type: Article

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