Systematic review of diagnostic utility of facet (Zygapophysial) joint injections in chronic spinal pain: An update

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 213-228

  Sehgal, Nalini ^a   Dunbar, Elmer E ^b   Shah, Rinoo V ^c   Colson, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Pain Control Network   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical facet joint; Chronic spinal pain; Intraarticular injection; Low back pain; Lumbar facet joint; Medial branch block; Neck pain; Thoracic facet joint; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC PAIN; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE BLEEDING; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NERVE BLOCK; SPINE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33847149632     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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