Comparison between bipolar pulsed radiofrequency and monopolar pulsed radiofrequency in chronic lumbosacral radicular pain: A randomized controlled trial.

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Published in Medicine (Baltimore) on March 01, 2017

Authors

Min Cheol Chang1, Yun Woo Cho, Sang Ho Ahn

Author Affiliations

1: aDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University bDr Ahn's Spine & Pain Clinic, and Dr Ahn's Spine and Pain Institute, Taegu, Republic of Korea.

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