Response to pulsed and continuous radiofrequency lesioning of the dorsal root ganglion and segmental nerves in patients with chronic lumbar radicular pain

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Simopoulos, Thomas T ^a   Kraemer, Jan ^a   Nagda, Jyotsna V ^a   Aner, Musa ^a   Bajwa, Zahid H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lumbosacral radicular pain; Continuous radiofrequency lesioning; Dorsal root ganglion; Pulsed radiofrequency lesioning; Segmental nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS RADIOFREQUENCY LESIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBABILITY; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY LESIONING; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL GANGLION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RADIO WAVES; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42249084853     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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