The Efficacy of Gabapentin in Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
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Analgesic efficacy of oral gabapentin added to standard epidural corticosteroids in patients with failed back surgery
OBJECTIVE Failed back surgery syndrome is characterized by the presence of intractable pain and varying degrees of functional incapacity after lumbar spine surgery. Because the mechanisms that cause pain are variable, treatment of this syndrome is quite difficult, and one of the most common methods that is used for treatment nowadays is epidural injection. This research evaluates the analgesic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Türkiye Fiziksel Tip ve Rehabilitasyon Dergisi
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1302-0234,1308-6316
DOI: 10.5152/tftrd.2014.54514