Prospective, multicenter study of spinal cord stimulation for relief of chronic back and extremity pain

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 2786-2794

  Burchiel, Kim J ^a,h   Anderson, Valerie C ^a   Brown, Frederick D ^b   Fessler, Richard G ^c   Friedman, William A ^c   Pelofsky, Stan ^d   Weiner, Richard L ^e   Oakley, John ^f   Shatin, Deborah ^g  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d St Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City   (United States)

^e PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^f NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; failed back surgery syndrome; pain; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 0030470003     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199612010-00015     Document Type: Article

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