A Report of 3 Soldiers Returned to Full Duty after Lumbar Radiofrequency Facet Denervation in a Theater of War

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 679-681

  Dragovich, Anthony ^a   Trainer, Robert J ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial; Combat; Low Back Pain; Nerve Ablation; Soldiers; Zygapophysial

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AXIAL LOW BACK PAIN; BODY ARMOR; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAQ; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SOLDIER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; WAR; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT; ZYGAPOPHYSIAL JOINT NEUROTOMY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DENERVATION; HUMANS; IRAQ; LIDOCAINE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIO WAVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 79954612485     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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