Medial Branch Blocks Versus Pericapsular Blocks in Selecting Patients for Percutaneous Cryodenervation of Lumbar Facet Joints

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Birkenmaier, Christof ^a   Veihelmann, Andreas ^b   Trouillier, Hans Heinrich ^c   Hausdorf, Jörg ^a   von Schulze Pellengahr, Christoph ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medical Park Bad Wiessee ^*  (Germany)

^c FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryodenervation; Diagnostic blocks; Facet joint; Lumbar; Rhizotomy; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ALGORITHMS; CRYOSURGERY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33845905536     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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