by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Feb 9, 2011 | Minimal Invasive Pain Therapies, Treatments
GENERAL Intra-articular injections are applied to treat articular pain or/and inflammation of traumatic or degenerative aetiology. It is recommended as a therapeutic option when the conservative treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs has failed. Bursitis is a common...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Feb 3, 2011 | Minimal Invasive Pain Therapies, Treatments
GENERAL There are two types of radiofrequency (RF), conventional (CRF) and intermittent or pulsed radiofrequency (PRF). In CRF, a continuous radiofrequency electric field (RFEF) is applied through an electrode to the active tip of a special needle and controlled heat...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 31, 2011 | Minimal Invasive Pain Therapies, Treatments
GENERAL Diagnostic facet joint block is a minimally invasive technique that is applied for various diagnostic purposes in patients suffering from chronic lumbar pain and whose clinical examination and history raises the suspicion for facet joint syndrome. DESCRIPTION...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 30, 2011 | Conditions, Thoracic Pain, Thoracic Pain
GENERAL Approximately 5% of the patients who are referred to a pain clinic suffer from thoracic pain. Patients with thoracic pain should be carefully examined for identifying or excluding various severe diseases that might be the cause of pain. The chronic thoracic...
