The efficacy of spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 409-413

  Kavar, Bhadrakant ^a   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a   Hutchinson, Anna ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; COCODAMOL; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; TEMAZEPAM;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THEORY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033818029     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.1999.0225     Document Type: Article

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