Avoiding complications from spinal cord stimulation: Practical recommendations from an international panel of experts

Neuromodulation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-33

  Kumar, Krishna ^a,f   Buchser, Eric ^b   Linderoth, Bengt ^c   Meglio, Mario ^d   Van Buyten, Jean Pierre ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Hospital of Morges   (Switzerland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares   (Belgium)

^f REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Consensus; Neuropathic pain; Practical guidelines; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION CONTROL; LAMINECTOMY; LIQUORRHEA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSE GENERATOR; REOPERATION; SKIN DEFECT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846177211     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2007.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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