The gel box - A testing device for the characterization of cryo- and radiofrequency lesions employed in interventional pain therapy

Pain Physician

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-271

  Birkenmaier, Christof ^a   Terzis, Athanasios ^a   Wegener, Bernd ^a   Melcher, Carolin ^a   Fottner, Andreas ^a   Hausdorf, Jörg ^a   Schmidt Sody, Markus ^b   Jansson, Volkmar ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medical Park Chiemse   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agar agar gel; Cryolesioning; Experimental study; Interventional pain therapy; Radiofrequency lesioning; Thermoelement

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; AGAR; NICKEL COMPLEX; WATER;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOSURGERY; DENERVATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTHERM; LABORATORY TEST; MELTING POINT; PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSORY NERVE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TISSUE TYPES; WARMING;

EID: 77953355137     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2010/13/263     Document Type: Article

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