Predictive value of a diagnostic block in focal nerve injury with neuropathic pain when surgery is considered

• Martijn J. A. Malessy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: malessy@lumc.nl

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1936-3664

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• Ralph de Boer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ralph de Boer, Ildefonso Muñoz Romero

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Ildefonso Muñoz Romero ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ralph de Boer, Ildefonso Muñoz Romero

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Neurological Center at the American British Cowdray Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico

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• Job L. A. Eekhof,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Alrijne Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Erik. W. van Zwet,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Michel Kliot,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Albert Dahan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Willem Pondaag

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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