Painful medial branch neuroma treated with minimally invasive medial branch neurectomy

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1179-1182

  Gekht, Gennady ^a   Nottmeier, Eric W ^b   Lamer, Tim J ^c  

^a Pain Management Coastal Pain and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Pain Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Pain management; Persistent pain; Spine; Surgery; Zygoapophyseal joint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMA; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPINAL NERVE; SPINE FRACTURE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEUROMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIO WAVES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL NERVES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 79952117322     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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