Therapeutic cervical medial branch blocks in managing chronic neck pain: A preliminary report of a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial: Clinical trial NCT0033272

Pain Physician

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-346

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Damron, Kim S ^c   Cash, Kimberly A ^c   Manchukonda, Rajeev ^a   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Ambulatory Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical facet joint pain; Cervical zygapophysial joint pain; Chronic neck pain; Comparative controlled local anesthetic blocks; Medial branch blocks; Therapeutic cervical facet joint nerve blocks

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; LIDOCAINE; MEPERGAN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PENTAZOCINE; PETHIDINE; SARAPIN; TRAMADOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRALGIA; BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPINAL NERVES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33750894987     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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