Spinal cord stimulation in chronic pain syndromes

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 671-682

  Ten Vaarwerk, Inge A M ^a   Staal, Michiel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Neurostimulation; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISCHEMIA; LIQUORRHEA; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE GENERATOR; REVIEW; SEROMA; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TECHNICAL AID; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031725142     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100741     Document Type: Review

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