MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) to treat facet joint osteoarthritis low back pain-case series of an innovative new technique

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2822-2835

  Weeks, Evan M ^a   Platt, Michael W ^a   Gedroyc, Wladyslaw ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropathy; Facet joints; Magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS); Pain management; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACET JOINT OSTEOARTHRITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84870312227     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2628-6     Document Type: Article

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