CT Guided Percutaneous Cryoneurolysis for Post Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome. Early Experience and Effectiveness

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 603-606

  Moore, William ^a   Kolnick, Dean ^a   Tan, Jonathan ^a   Yu, Hei Shun ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoneurolysis; CT guided; post thoracotomy pain syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POST THORACOTOMY PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNDROME; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950339284     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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