Editorial: Sacroiliac joint radiofrequency denervation: Who benefits?

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-186

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; STEROID; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENERVATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRODE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOSURGERY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; AGE; ARTHRALGIA; CATHETER ABLATION; DISABILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHRALGIA; CATHETER ABLATION; DENERVATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349263532     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e31819a94da     Document Type: Editorial

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