Successful treatment of refractory pudendal neuralgia with pulsed radiofrequency

Pain Physician

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 633-638

  Rhame, Ellen E ^a   Levey, Kenneth A ^b   Gharibo, Christopher G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromodulation; Pudendal nerve; Pudendal neuralgia; Pulsed radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; NEUROMODULATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERINEUM; PUDENDAL NERVE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SITTING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CATHETER ABLATION; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; ISCHIUM; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHIUM; LIFTING; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PERINEUM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRONE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69849102609     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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