A Descriptive Study of 100 Patients Undergoing Palliative Nerve Blocks for Chronic Intractable Headache and Neck Ache

Peter Rothbart; Katherine Fiedler; George D Gale; David Nussbaum; Nelson Hendlerb

doi:10.1155/2000/706434

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2000)

A Descriptive Study of 100 Patients Undergoing Palliative Nerve Blocks for Chronic Intractable Headache and Neck Ache

Peter Rothbart,
Katherine Fiedler,
George D Gale,
David Nussbaum,
Nelson Hendlerb

Affiliations

Peter Rothbart: Rothbart Pain Management Clinic, North York, Ontario, Canada
Katherine Fiedler: Mensana Clinic, Stevenson, Maryland, USA
George D Gale: Rothbart Pain Management Clinic, North York, Ontario, Canada
David Nussbaum: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nelson Hendlerb: Mensana Clinic, Stevenson, Maryland, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2000/706434
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 4
pp. 243 – 248

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To ascertain whether repeated (palliative) nerve blocks over a long period of time provide benefit to patients with chronic intractable headache and neck ache.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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