Occipital nerve stimulation: Technical and surgical aspects of implantation

Headache

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-327

  Trentman, Terrence L ^a,b   Zimmerman, Richard S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Headache; Occipital; Paresthesia; Peripheral nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HEADACHE; HUMANS; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 38749129666     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.01023.x     Document Type: Review

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