Complications of neurostimulation

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-182

  Woods, Don M ^a   Hayek, Salim M ^a   Bedder, Marshall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b Coastal Pain Management and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Epidural hematoma; Hardware failure; Infection; Neurostimulation; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250797972     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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