Value of bone scintigraphy and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in lumbar facet disease and prediction of short-term outcome of ultrasound guided medial branch block with bone SPECT

Korean Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-86

  Koh, Won Uk ^a   Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Hwang, Bo Young ^a   Choi, Woo Jong ^a   Song, Jun Gul ^a   Suh, Jeong Hun ^a   Leem, Jeong Gill ^a   Shin, Jin Woo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Facet; Medial branch block; SPECT

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR FACET DISEASE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUNDED GUIDED MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84860997706     PISSN: 20059159     EISSN: 20930569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3344/kjp.2011.24.2.81     Document Type: Article

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