Sacroiliac Joint Pain after Lumbar and Lumbosacral Fusion: Findings Using Dual Sacroiliac Joint Blocks

Pain Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-570

  Liliang, Po Chou ^a   Lu, Kang ^a   Liang, Cheng Loong ^a   Tsai, Yu Duan ^a   Wang, Kuo Wei ^a   Chen, Han Jung ^a  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lumbar Fusion; Lumbosacral Fusion; Postoperative Back Pain; Sacroiliac Joint Blocks; Sacroiliac Joint Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954972057     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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