Painful Medial Branch Neuroma Treated with Minimally Invasive Medial Branch Neurectomy
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Painful medial branch neuroma treated with minimally invasive medial branch neurectomy.
STUDY DESIGN Case report. OBJECTIVE To report an unusual complication following lumbar facet radiofrequency denervation and describe a successful, minimally invasive treatment of a presumed medial branch neuroma. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Radiofrequency medial branch neurotomy is a common procedure for the treatment of mechanical back pain. Deafferentation injury and neuroma formation is w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1526-2375,1526-4637
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00851.x