Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease: Results of a Single-Center Study of 258 Patients

Angiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-118

  Horsch, Svante ^a,b   Schulte, Stefan ^a   Hess, Stefan ^a  

^a University of Cologne ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 1542619553     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970405500201     Document Type: Article

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