The Roles of the Hip, Spine, Sacroiliac Joint, and Other Structures in Patients with Persistent Pain after Back Surgery

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Bolt, Patrick M ^a   Wahl, Melvin M ^a   Schofferman, Jerome ^a  

^a SpineCare Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

discogenic pain; facet joint pain; failed back surgery; sacroiliac joint pain

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAILED BACK SURGERY; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMUR; HIP; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TENDINITIS; TOTAL DISK ARTHROPLASTY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 38649135094     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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