Pulsed radiofrequency treatment of severe radicular pain

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-180

  Pevzner, Evgeny ^a   David, Rami ^a   Leitner, Yossef ^a   Pekarsky, Ilia ^a   Folman, Yoram ^b,c   Gepstein, Reuven ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Back pain; Pulsed radiofrequency; Radicular pain; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL GANGLION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYRADICULOPATHY; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244469365     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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