Preliminary Results of the clinical effectiveness of percutaneous adhesiolysis using a Racz catheter in the management of chronic pain due to cervical central stenosis

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 353-358

  Park, Chan Hong ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Lee, Sang Chul ^b  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adhesiolysis; Cervical vertebra; Neck; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYALURONIDASE; IOHEXOL; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CERVICAL CENTRAL STENOSIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS EPIDURAL ADHESIOLYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOVERY ROOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERS; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880582358     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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