The beneficial effect of spinal cord stimulation in a patient with severe cerebral ischemia and upper extremity ischemic pain

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-142

  De Andrés, Jose ^a   Tatay, Jose ^b   Revert, Amparo ^b   Valia J C ^b   Villanueva, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Ischemic pain; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DEPRESSION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34250165003     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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