Superior cluneal nerve entrapment eight years after decubitus surgery

Pain Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-366

  Akbas, Mert ^a   Yegin, Arif ^a   Karsli, Bilge ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cluneal nerve; Decubitus surgery; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECUBITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SACROILIAC JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 29144480328     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2005.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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