Endoscopic facet debridement for the treatment of facet arthritic pain - A novel new technique

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 120-123

  Haufe, Scott M W ^a,c   Mork, Anthony R ^b,c  

^a Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b Spine Surgery   (United States)

^c MicroSpine   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Facet syndrome; Minimally invasive; Nerve ablation; Vertebral arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLEEDING; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FACET JOINT PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77953303419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.7.120     Document Type: Article

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