Radiofrequency neurotomy for headache stemming from the zygapophysial joints C2/3 and C3/4

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-79

  Lang, J K ^a,b   Buchfelder, M ^c  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Cephalgia; Degeneration; Radiofrequency; Zygapophysial joints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY NEUROTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROSURGERY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77952276677     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: 14389746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224159     Document Type: Article

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