Radiofrequency treatment of facet-related pain: Evidence and controversies

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-25

  Van Zundert, Jan ^a   Vanelderen, Pascal ^a   Kessels, Alfons ^b   Van Kleef, Maarten ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic block; Evidence rating; Facet joints; Low back pain; Medial branch block; Pain management; Radiofrequency treatment; Zygapophyseal joints

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DENERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC BLOCK; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; RAMUS MEDIALIS OF THE RAMUS DORSALIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84857625346     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-011-0237-8     Document Type: Article

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