Spinal cord stimulator relieves neuropathic pain in a patient with radiation-induced transverse myelitis

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-347

  Hamid, Basem ^a   Haider, Naeem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropathic Pain; Spinal Cord Stimulation; Transverse Myelitis

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PACLITAXEL; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSESTHESIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEURALGIA; PAROXETINE; RADIATION INJURIES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 36348991429     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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