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Methodological concerns of “Intra-osseous basivertebral nerve radiofrequency ablation (BVA) for the treatment of vertebrogenic chronic low back pain”

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  1. Department of Radiology, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Prof Beltrán Báguena, 19, 46009, Valencia, Spain

    Estanislao Arana

  2. Spanish Back Pain Research Network, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Estanislao Arana, Francisco M. Kovacs & Beatriz Asenjo

  3. Unidad de La Espalda Kovacs, Hospital Universitario HLA-Moncloa, Avda. Menéndez Pelayo 67, 28009, Madrid, Spain

    Francisco M. Kovacs

  4. Department of Radiation Physics, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain

    Víctor González-Pérez

  5. Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Regional, Málaga, Spain

    Beatriz Asenjo

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Arana, E., Kovacs, F.M., González-Pérez, V. et al. Methodological concerns of “Intra-osseous basivertebral nerve radiofrequency ablation (BVA) for the treatment of vertebrogenic chronic low back pain”. Neuroradiology 63, 1747–1748 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-021-02801-z

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