Spinal Cord Stimulation for Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia: Immediate and Long-Term Clinical Outcome from the Prospective Italian Register

Neuromodulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-102

  Tedesco, Alessandra ^a,b   D'Addato, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical limb ischemia; Limb survival; Peripheral arterial occlusive disease; Register; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PULSE GENERATOR; REGISTER; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 1842782772     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1094-7159.2004.04013.x     Document Type: Article

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