Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint pain

Anesthesiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 591-614

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b   Raja, Srinivasa N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYALURONIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; SARAPIN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ARTHROPATHY; BIOMECHANICS; BURN; CADAVER; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSESTHESIA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INNERVATION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR ZYGAPOPHYSIAL JOINT PAIN; MONOTHERAPY; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; ARTHRALGIA; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; NERVE BLOCK; STEROIDS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33845695337     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200703000-00024     Document Type: Review

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