An updated review of the diagnostic utility of cervical facet joint injections

Pain Physician

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Falco, Frank J E ^a,b   Datta, Sukdeb ^c   Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^d,e   Sehgal, Nalini ^f   Geffert, Stephanie ^a,b   Singh, Vijay ^g   Smith, Howard S ^h   Boswell, Mark V ⁱ  

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

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

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

^g Spine Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^h ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical facet or zygapophysial joint pain; Cervical medial branch blocks; Chronic neck pain; Controlled comparative local anesthetic blocks

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX HYPERFUNCTION; ANALGESIA; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC FACET JOINT NERVE BLOCK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISKOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE VALIDITY; FACET JOINT PAIN; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FLUID RETENTION; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIPOMATOSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MYOPATHY; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT GAIN; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84869835107     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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