Occipital nerve stimulation for refractory occipital pain after occipitocervical fusion: Expanding indications

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 391-393

  Ghaemi, Kazem ^a,b   Capelle, Hans Holger ^b   Kinfe, Thomas M ^b   Krauss, Joachim K ^b  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical fusion; Neck pain; Neurostimulation; Occipital nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRODE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PACEMAKER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL BONE; PAIN, INTRACTABLE;

EID: 56449106956     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000175802     Document Type: Article

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