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Diagnostic Blocks

Diagnostic Blocks is a clinical procedure in interventional pain management that belongs to the category of neuraxial or regional nerve blocks, distinguished by its primary purpose of temporarily anesthetizing specific nerves or neural structures to ascertain the source of pain and confirm a suspected pain generator.

196

Publications

14.5K

Citations

596

Authors

278

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

33

Variants

Diagnostic Nerve Blocks

Parents

Publications

196

Major complications of central neuraxial block: report on the Third National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Tim Cook, David Counsell, J.A.W. Wildsmith · British Journal of Anaesthesia · 2009 · 920 citations · Full text

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Efficacy and Validity of Radiofrequency Neurotomy for Chronic Lumbar Zygapophysial Joint Pain

Paul Dreyfuss, Bobby Halbrook, Kevin Pauza et al. · Spine · 2000 · 579 citations

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The Prevalence of Chronic Cervical Zygapophysial Joint Pain After Whiplash

Leslie Barnsley, Susan M. Lord, Barbara J. Wallis et al. · Spine · 1995 · 512 citations

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The Clinical Anatomy of the Cervical Dorsal Rami

Nikolai Bogduk · Spine · 1982 · 427 citations

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The false-positive rate of uncontrolled diagnostic blocks of the lumbar zygapophysial joints

Anthony C. Schwarzer, Charles N. Aprill, Richard Derby et al. · Pain · 1994 · 399 citations

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Authors

596

  1. LM
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti

    Pain Management Center of Paducah, United States

    34 publications · 3.2K citations

    31

    h-index

  2. NB
    Nikolai Bogduk

    University of Newcastle Australia, Australia

    22 publications · 3.6K citations

    19

    h-index

  3. SP
    Steven P. Cohen

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    9 publications · 509 citations

    9

    h-index

  4. VP
    Vidyasagar Pampati

    Pain Management Center of Paducah, United States

    6 publications · 583 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. MP
    Milan P. Stojanovic

    Harvard University, United States

    5 publications · 371 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5 of 596

Institutions

278

  1. Pain Management Center of Paducah

    Paducah, United States

    31 h-index

    45 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. University of Louisville

    Louisville, United States

    23 h-index

    24 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. University of Newcastle Australia

    Newcastle, Australia

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    7.5K citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    12 h-index

    43 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    868 citations

  7. Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital

    Waratah, Australia

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    912 citations

  8. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    884 citations

1–8 of 278

Venues

  1. Pain Physician

    32 publications · 2.7K citations

    28

    h-index

  2. PubMed

    Repository · 18 publications · 1.1K citations

    16

    h-index

  3. Pain Medicine

    15 publications · 935 citations

    15

    h-index

  4. Spine

    9 publications · 2.4K citations

    9

    h-index

  5. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine

    RAPM · 7 publications · 253 citations

    7

    h-index

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