Dorsal Root Ganglion Pulsed Radiofrequency for the Management of Intractable Vertebral Metastatic Pain: A Case Series

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1007-1012

  Arai, Young Chang P ^a   Nishihara, Makoto ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Arakawa, Maki ^a   Kondo, Miki ^a   Suzuki, Chiharu ^a   Kinoshita, Akiko ^a   Kambara, Kazuyo ^a   Ikemoto, Tatsunori ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal Root Ganglion Block; Metastatic Bone Pain; Pulsed Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; INTRACTABLE VERTEBRAL METASTATIC PAIN; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL GANGLION; COMPLICATION; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PROCEDURES; SECONDARY; SPINE TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84929517223     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12629     Document Type: Article

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