Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS): A complementary therapy for the management of pain secondary to bony metastasis

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 320-323

  Ahmed, Hesham E ^a   Craig, William F ^a   White, Paul F ^a   Huber, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer pain, bony metastasis; Electroanalgesia; Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS)

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; ELECTROANALGESIA; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NEEDLES; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETREATMENT; TERMINALLY ILL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031798184     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199812000-00009     Document Type: Article

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