Radiofrequency treatment of the thoracic paravertebral nerve combined with glucocorticoid for refractory neuropathic pain following breast cancer surgery

Pain Physician

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Uchida, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer surgery; Glucocorticoid; Neuropathic pain; Postmastectomy pain; Radiofrequency; Thoracic paravertebral nerve

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST CANCER; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MASTECTOMY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CATHETER ABLATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACIC NERVES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 70350437835     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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