Selection of spinal cord stimulation candidates for the treatment of chronic pain

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Deer, Timothy ^a,b   Masone, Robert J ^c  

^a Center for Pain Relief   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Spinal Technology and Pain Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Selection; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE II; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LEG PAIN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; RADICULAR PAIN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; VISCERAL PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 44349162293     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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