CT-guided blocks and neuroablation of the ganglion impar (walther) in perineal pain anatomy, technique, safety, and efficacy

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 570-576

  Agarwal Kozlowski, Kamayni ^a   Lorke, Dietrich E ^b   Habermann, Christian R ^b   Esch, Jochen Schulte Am ^b   Beck, Helge ^c  

^a Center for Palliative Care and Pain Management   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Block; CTguided technique; Ganglion impar; Neuroablation; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PELVIC PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70350710780     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181a5f5c7     Document Type: Article

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