Intradiscal high-voltage, long-duration pulsed radiofrequency for discogenic pain: A preliminary report

Pain Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 424-428

  Teixeira, Alexandre ^a   Sluijter, Menno E ^b  

^a Clinica de Dor   (Portugal)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Discogenic pain; Intradiscal procedures; Pulsed radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CEFAZOLIN; DIAZEPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TRAMADOL;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKITIS; DISKOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTRADISCAL PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY THERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THERMOGENESIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; BACK PAIN; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SPINAL NERVES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749042188     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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