4. Cervical radicular pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Van Zundert, Jan ^a,b   Huntoon, Marc ^d   Patijn, Jacob ^b   Lataster, Arno ^c   Mekhail, Nagy ^e   Van Kleef, Maarten ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical pain; Epidural analgesia; Evidence based medicine; Neck pain; Nerve block; Pulsed radiofrequency; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GABAPENTIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXCARBAZEPINE; PREGABALIN; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE;

CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 77349112239     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2009.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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