Percutaneous radiofrequency lumbar facet rhizotomy guided by computed tomography fluoroscopy

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-169

  Koizuka, Shiro ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a   Kawauchi, Chikara ^a   Takizawa, Daisuke ^a   Goto, Fumio ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fluoroscopy; Radiofrequency facet rhizotomy

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENERVATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; RHIZOTOMY; SAFETY;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; RHIZOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20944432997     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-005-0303-7     Document Type: Article

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