Ten consecutive cases of complex regional pain syndrome of less than 12 months duration in active duty United States military personnel treated with spinal cord stimulation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1557-1560

  Verdolin, Michael H ^a   Stedje Larsen, Eric T ^a   Hickey, Anita H ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 34249018549     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000264087.93163.bf     Document Type: Article

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