Pulsed radiofrequency for the treatment of occipital neuralgia: A prospective study with 6 months of follow-up

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-151

  Vanelderen, Pascal ^a,b   Rouwette, Tom ^c   De Vooght, Pieter ^a   Puylaert, Martine ^a   Heylen, René ^a   Vissers, Kris ^b   Van Zundert, Jan ^a,d  

^a Intensive Care Medicine   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; CULPRIT NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICATION QUANTIFICATION SCALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL NERVE; OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952406233     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181d24713     Document Type: Article

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