Early thoracic sympathetic block improves the treatment effect for upper extremity neuropathic pain

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 605-609

  Yoo, Hyung Seok ^a   Nahm, Francis Sahngun ^b   Lee, Pyung Bok ^b   Lee, Chul Joong ^c  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; THORACIC SYMPATHETIC BLOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY NEUROPATHIC PAIN;

EID: 80052271424     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182274803     Document Type: Article

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