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Radiofrequency — an interventional method of chronic pain treatment: mechanisms of analgesic action, indications and application in selected pain syndromes
- Out-patient Pain Clinic 1Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, Warszawa, Czerniakowska 231, 00-416 Warsaw, Poland
- 1Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, Warszawa, Czerniakowska 231, 00-416 Warszawa, Poland
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
radiofrequency, pulsed radiofrequency, interventional pain management, chronic pain management, occipital neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia , facet joint syndrome
Title
Radiofrequency — an interventional method of chronic pain treatment: mechanisms of analgesic action, indications and application in selected pain syndromes
Journal
Palliative Medicine in Practice
Issue
Article type
Review paper
Pages
70-75
Published online
2019-06-05
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DOI
Bibliographic record
Palliat Med Pract 2019;13(2):70-75.
Keywords
radiofrequency
pulsed radiofrequency
interventional pain management
chronic pain management
occipital neuralgia
trigeminal neuralgia
facet joint syndrome
Authors
Hanna Justyna Kucia
Małgorzata Malec-Milewska
Agnieszka Sękowska
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