Treatment of lumbar radiculopathy with pulsed radiofrequency;Tratamiento de la radiculopatía lumbar con radiofrecuencia pulsada

Revista de la Sociedad Espanola del Dolor

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 345-352

  Abejón, David ^a,b,c   Delgado, C ^a   Nieto, C ^a   Fuentes, M L ^a   Garcia Del Valle S ^a   Gomez Arnau J ^a   Reig, E ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^b Clinica del Dolor de Madrid   (Spain)

^c FIPP: Fellow Interventional Pain P ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Lumbar radioculopathy; Pulsed radiofrequency; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOGRAPHY; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RATING SCALE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 9644259024     PISSN: 11348046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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