Involvement of a sensory afferent pathway in human discogenic low back pain - Comparison of upper and lower spinal nerveblock effects on discogenic low back pain

Chiba Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 121-126

  Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Sameda, Hiroaki ^a   Murata, Yasuaki ^a   Hanaoka, Eiji ^a   Nakamura, Shinichiro ^a   Takahashi, Yuzuru ^a   Yamagata, Masatsume ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Intervertebral disc; Pain; Spinal nerve

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOTOROLAN; LIDOCAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOWER SPINAL NERVE BLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; UPPER SPINAL NERVE BLOCK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 67650968417     PISSN: 03035476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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