Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of peripheral nerve for the intractable occipital neuralgia;Neurostimolazione elettrica subcutanea del nervo periferico utilizzata nel controllo della nevralgia occipitale refrattaria

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 295-301

  Shaladi, Ali ^a   Crestani, Francesco ^a,b   Saltari, Rita ^a   Piva, Bruno ^a  

^a Azienda ULSS 18   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurogenic inflammation; Occipital neuralgia; Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; NEUROMA; OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; CERVICAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46449092796     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 00341193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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