Lumbar and sacral nerve root stimulation (NRS) in the treatment of chronic pain: A novel anatomic approach and neuro stimulation technique

Neuromodulation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Alo, Kenneth M ^a   Yland, Marc J ^b   Redko, Vladimir ^a   Feler, Claudio ^c   Naumann, Claus ^d  

^a Pain and Health Management Center   (United States)

^b North Shore Pain Management Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Swiss Pain Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dorsal column stimulation; Electric stimulation; Neuromodulation; Pain; Peripheral nerve stimulation; Spinal cord stimulation; Spinal nerve roots

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVODYNIA;

EID: 0032899223     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1403.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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