Neuromodulation of the cervical spinal cord in the treatment of chronic intractable neck and upper extremity pain: A case series and review of the literature

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 305-311

  Vallejo, Ricardo ^a,b   Kramer, Jeffery ^a,b,c   Benyamin, Ramsin ^a,c  

^a MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial pain; Cervical; Headache; Leg pain; Neck pain; Radicular pain; Spinal cord stimulator

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREGABALIN; TOPROMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENERVATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LEG PAIN; LIMB PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NECK PAIN; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK PAIN; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147118103     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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