Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of non-reconstructable stable critical leg ischaemia: Results of the European peripheral vascular disease outcome study (SCS-EPOS)

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 280-286

  Amann, W ^a   Berg, P ^b   Gersbach, P ^c   Gamain, J ^d   Raphael, J H ^e   Ubbink, D Th ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e DUDLEY GROUP OF HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical leg ischaemia; Limb survival; Neuromodulation; Spinal cord stimulation; Transcutaneous oxygen pressure

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041971318     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1876     Document Type: Article

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