A case of spinal cord stimulation in Raynaud's phenomenon: Can subthreshold sensory stimulation have an effect?

Pain Physician

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-478

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

^a MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Raynaud's phenomenon; Sensory perception; Spinal cord stimulator

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; TREATMENT DURATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL CORD; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250875118     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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