Long-Term Outcome of Spinal Cord Stimulation and Hardware Complications

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 50-56

  Quigley, D Gavin ^a   Arnold, Jonathan ^a   Eldridge, Paul R ^a   Cameron, Heather ^a   McIvor, Kate ^a   Miles, John B ^a   Varma, T R K ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Outcome; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1142286295     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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