Pulsed radiofrequency for the treatment of ilioinguinal neuralgia after inguinal herniorrhaphy

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 716-718

  Rozen, Dima ^a   Ahn, Jane ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Groin pain; Ilioinguinal neuralgia; Pulsed radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURITIS; NEUROMA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE; NEURALGIA; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

EID: 33746368103     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 00272507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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