Spinal cord stimulation electrode design: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial comparing percutaneous with laminectomy electrodes: Part II - Clinical outcomes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 990-995

  North, Richard B ^a   Kidd, David H ^a   Petrucci, Loredana ^a   Dorsi, Michael J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Electrode design; Failed back surgery syndrome; Low back pain; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; DRUG USE; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY ELECTRODE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS ELECTRODE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 27644566302     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000180030.00167.b9     Document Type: Article

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