Treatment of chronic pain in failed back surgery patients with spinal cord stimulation: A review of current literature and proposal for future investigation

Neuromodulation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-74

  Wetzel, F Todd ^a   Hassenbusch, Samuel ^b   Oakley, John C ^c   Willis, Kenneth Dean ^d   Simpson Jr , Richard K ^b   Ross, Edgar L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Northwest Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

^d Alabama Pain Center Huntsville   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS); Randomized interventional study; Randomized prospective study; Spinal cord stimulation (SCS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034114924     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1403.2000.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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