Trans-facet joint approach to pulsed radiofrequency ablation of the L5 dorsal root ganglion in a patient with degenerative spondylosis and scoliosis

Pain Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-205

  Abejón, David ^a   Ortego, Rocio ^a   Solís, Rocio ^b   Alaoui, Neri ^c   Del Saz, Javier ^a   Del Pozo, Cristina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE JEREZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Pulsed radiofrequency; Radicular pain; Trans facet joint

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTOXICATION; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE BLOCK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL GANGLION; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTIGO;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; RADIO WAVES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 43449120712     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2008.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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