Surgery
Researchers at Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery target surgery
Published in Drug Week, August 15th, 2008
New investigation results, 'Percutaneous pulsed radiofrequency in the treatment of cervical and lumbar radicular pain,' are detailed in a study published in Surgical Neurology. "Previous reports of the efficacy of percutaneous pulsed radiofrequency have been confounded by fewer case numbers, poor patient selection, and limited data on cervical or lumbar radicular pain. We used percutaneous pulsed radiofrequency for cervical and lumbar radicular pain, and the study has more than 100 cases for the analysis of the efficacy of percutaneous pulsed radiofrequency," scientists writing in the journal Surgical Neurology report.
"We collected 154 cases of patients...
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Source: Drug Week (2008-08-15)
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