Meta-analysis of clinical efficacy of pulsed radio frequency energy treatment

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 457-467

  Guo, Lifei ^a   Kubat, Nicole J ^b   Nelson, Teresa R ^c   Isenberg, Richard A ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Regenesis Biomedical Inc   (United States)

^c Technomics Research LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDEMA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857659298     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182447b5d     Document Type: Review

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