Methylene blue in the treatment of discogenic low back pain

Pain Physician

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-338

  Gupta, Gaurav ^a   Radhakrishna, Mohan ^a   Chankowsky, Jeffrey ^a   Asenjo, Juan Francisco ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discogenic pain; Intervertebral disc therapy; Intradiscal therapy; Low back pain; Methylene blue; Provocation discography; Spinal injections

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; METHYLENE BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINE COMPOSITION DISORDER; URINE DISCOLORATION;

EID: 84864448304     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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