Intraligamentous injection of sclerosing solutions (prolotherapy) for spinal pain: A critical review of the literature

Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-328

  Dagenais, Simon ^a,b   Haldeman, Scott ^c,d,e   Wooley, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CAM Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Headache; Injections; Neck pain; Prolotherapy; Sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZYL ALCOHOL; CORTISONE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESTROGEN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GROWTH FACTOR; IRON DEXTRAN; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MORRHUATE SODIUM; PHENOL; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PINA MESTRE; PROCAINE; PROLIFEROL; PSYLLIATE SODIUM; QUININE; SALICYLIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID BENZYL ESTER; SCLEROSING AGENT; TETRACAINE; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARISOL; VEGETABLE OIL; ZINC SULFATE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANALGESIA; ANASTOMOSIS; ANURIA; ARACHNOIDITIS; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; CRANIOTOMY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSESTHESIA; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EXERCISE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJECTION PAIN; JOINT STIFFNESS; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; MENINGITIS; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL PAIN; SPOTTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LIGAMENTS; PAIN; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144407661     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2004.09.011     Document Type: Review

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