Infrapatellar saphenous neuralgia - diagnosis and treatment

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Trescot, Andrea ^a   Brown, Michael N ^b   Karl, Helen W ^c  

^a Algone Pain Center   (United States)

^b Monterey Peninsula Orthopedic and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex regional pain syndrome; Cryoneuroablation; Diagnostic nerve blocks; Infrapatellar saphenous nerve; Knee pain; Nerve injury; Peripheral nerve entrapment; Postoperative pain; Saphenous neuralgia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CRYOABLATION; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFRAPATELLAR SAPHENOUS NEURALGIA; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE PAIN; MALE; NEURALGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 84878242183     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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