Radiofrequency neurolysis

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-214

  Golovac, Stanley ^a  

^a Space Coast Pain Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar anatomy; Lumbar joint injections; Lumbosacral facet joint; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE; FLUID RETENTION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INNERVATION; LIPOMATOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MYOPATHY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NERVE BLOCK; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 77952481850     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2010.02.007     Document Type: Review

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