Management of Back Pain in Patients with Previous Back Surgery

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 272-278

  Ragab, Ashraf ^a   deShazo, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Back surgery; Failed back surgery syndrome; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CELECOXIB; CODEINE SULFATE; HYDROCODONE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OXYCODONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEUROLYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANALGESICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949142703     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.01.004     Document Type: Review

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