Neuromodulation in the management of pain from brachial plexus injury

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Brill, Silviu ^a   Aryeh, Itay Goor ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Neurophatic pain; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DULOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYCODONE; PAROXETINE; PREGABALIN;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949119716     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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