Phenol neurolysis for severe chronic nonmalignant pain: Is the old also obsolete?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-337

  Weksler, Natan ^a,b   Klein, Moti ^a   Gurevitch, Boris ^a   Rozentsveig, Vsevolod ^a   Rudich, Zvia ^a   Brill, Silviu ^c   Lottan, Michael ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic nonmalignant Pain; Neurolysis; Phenol

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; ETODOLAC; ETORICOXIB; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; IOPAMIDOL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PHENOL; ROFECOXIB; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SYMPATHECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NEUROLYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHENOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 34447269474     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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