Diagnostic value of lumbar facet joint injection: A prospective triple cross-over study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Schütz, Uwe ^a   Cakir, Balkan ^a   Dreinhöfer, Karsten ^b   Richter, Marcus ^c   Koepp, Holger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEFS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINT DISEASES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 82255173861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027991     Document Type: Article

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