An update of the systematic assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of lumbar facet joint nerve blocks

Pain Physician

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Falco, Frank J E ^a,b   Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^c,d   Datta, Sukdeb ^e   Sehgal, Nalini ^f   Geffert, Stephanie ^a,b   Onyewu, Obi ^a,b   Singh, Vijay ^g,h   Bryce, David A ⁱ   Benyamin, Ramsin M ^j,k   Simopoulos, Thomas T ^m   Vallejo, Ricardo ^i,l   Gua, Sanjeeva ^m   Ward, Stephen P ⁿ   Hirsch, Joshua A ^o  

^a Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e Laser Spine and Pain Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Spine Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^h Advanced Pain Management   (United States)

ⁱ MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^k HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UK   (United Kingdom)

^o MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Controlled comparative local anesthetic blocks; Facet joint nerve blocks; Lumbar facet or zygapophysial joint pain; Medial branch blocks

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOLYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NERVE BLOCK; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84869794839     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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