Comparative effectiveness of a one-year follow-up of thoracic medial branch blocks in management of chronic thoracic pain: A randomized, double-blind active controlled trial

Pain Physician

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 535-548

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,d   Singh, Vijay ^b   Falco, Frank J E ^c,e,f,g   Cash, Kimberly A ^a   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a   Fellows, Bert ^a  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^c Mid Atlantic Spine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic spinal pain; Comparative controlled local anesthetic blocks; Facet joint nerve or medial branch blocks; Therapeutic thoracic medial branch blocks; Thoracic facet or zygapophysial joint pain; Thoracic pain

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; SPINAL NERVES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 78649561388     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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