Radiological anatomy of the obturator nerve and its articular branches: Basis to develop a method of radiofrequency denervation for hip joint pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Locher, Stephan ^a   Burmeister, Helge ^a   Böhlen, Thomas ^a   Eichenberger, Urs ^a   Stoupis, Christophoros ^a   Moriggl, Bernhard ^b   Siebenrock, Klaus ^a   Curatolo, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Hip Joint Pain; Obturator Nerve; Radio frequency Denervation

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HIP JOINT PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBTURATOR NERVE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CADAVER; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBTURATOR NERVE; PAIN; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 41549101027     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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