Occipital nerve electrical stimulation via the midline approach and subcutaneous surgical leads for treatment of severe occipital neuralgia: A pilot study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-174

  Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Mekhail, Nagy ^a   Hayek, Salim M ^a   Stanton Hicks, Michael ^a   Malak, Osama ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 20744459265     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000156207.73396.8E     Document Type: Article

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