The effect of fluid injection on lesion size during radiofrequency treatment

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-342

  Provenzano, David A ^a   Lassila, Holly C ^b   Somers, David ^c  

^a Ohio Valley General Hospital   (United States)

^b Department of Pharmacy Practice ^*  (Australia)

^c DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETASTARCH; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; HETASTARCH DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; EX VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIUS; RESEARCH; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DENERVATION; INJECTION; MEAT; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGERY;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; CHICKENS; DENERVATION; HYDROXYETHYL STARCH DERIVATIVES; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

EID: 77954394694     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181e82d44     Document Type: Article

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