Cooled sacroiliac radiofrequency denervation for the treatment of pain secondary to tumor infiltration: A case-based focused literature review

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Ramasubba, Chitra ^a   Cohen, Steven P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Denervation; Innervation; Radiofrequency; Sacroiliac joint; Transitional anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENERVATION; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LIVER METASTASIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RATING SCALE; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS;

BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CATHETER ABLATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 84872804647     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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