A New Technique of "Midline Anchoring" in Spinal Cord Stimulation Dramatically Reduces Lead Migration

Neuromodulation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-37

  Mironer, Y Eugene ^a,c   Brown, Christopher ^a   Satterthwaite, John R ^a   Cohen, Mary ^a   Tonder, Lisa M ^b   Grumman, Steve ^b  

^a Carolinas Center for Advanced Management of Pain   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead migration; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRODE LEAD MIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1542347815     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2004.04004.x     Document Type: Article

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