The laparoscopic approach to control intractable pelvic neuralgia: From laparoscopic pelvic neurosurgery to the LION procedure

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 821-825

  Possover, Marc ^a   Baekelandt, Jan ^a   Chiantera, Vito ^a  

^a St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

LION; Nerve injury; Pelvic neuralgia; Peripheral neuromodulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEUROLYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSURGERY; PELVIC NERVE; PELVIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; CASE REPORT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PELVIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 39049139816     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31815349a8     Document Type: Article

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