Therapeutic ablation of the infrapatellar fat pad under ultrasound guidance: a pilot study

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1198-1201

  House, C V ^a   Connell, D A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; KNEE PAIN; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHRALGIA; BUPIVACAINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 35548977570     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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