Pulsed radiofrequency for chronic testicular pain - A preliminary report

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 673-678

  Misra, Saumya ^a,b   Ward, Stephen ^a   Coker, Charles ^a  

^a Worthing Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic testicular pain; Pain score; Pulsed radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SCROTAL PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPERMATIC CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICOCELE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SPERMATIC CORD; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67049165565     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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