Prevalence of Facet Joint Pain in Chronic Low Back Pain in Postsurgical Patients by Controlled Comparative Local Anesthetic Blocks

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-455

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a   Manchukonda, Rajeev ^a   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a   Damron, Kim S ^a   McManus, Carla D ^a  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet joint; Laminectomy; Low back pain; Rehabilitation; Zygapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33847170848     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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