Evaluation of Lumbar Facet Joint Nerve Blocks in Managing Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial with a 2-Year Follow-Up

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Laxmaiah Manchikanti · University of Louisville

Vijay Singh · Medical Research Associates

Frank J. E. Falco · Temple University Hospital

Kimberly A Cash · Pain Management Center of Paducah

Vidyasagar Pampati · Pain Management Center of Paducah

Abstract

Therapeutic lumbar facet joint nerve blocks, with or without steroids, may provide a management option for chronic function-limiting low back pain of facet joint origin.

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Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pain Management and Opioid Use

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Published in: International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volume 7, Issue 3, pp. 124-135

DOI: 10.7150/ijms.7.124

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Evaluation of Lumbar Facet Joint Nerve Blocks in Managing Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial with a 2-Year Follow-Up

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