Spinal Cord Stimulation Reverses Pain and Diarrheal Episodes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Case Report

Neuromodulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 82-88

  Krames, Elliot ^a   Mousad, Demian G ^a  

^a Pacific Pain Treatment Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); Neuropathic pain; Nociceptive pain; Spinal cord stimulation (SCS); Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LANSOPRAZOLE; METHADONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE; TOPIRAMATE; TRIMETHOBENZAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; PAIN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 1842681987     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1094-7159.2004.04011.x     Document Type: Article

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