Use of spinal cord stimulator for treatment of lumbar radioculopathy in a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis

Pain Physician

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 555-559

  Atallah, Joseph ^a   Armah, Fred A ^a   Weis, Patricia A ^a   Fahy, Brenda G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Failed back surgery syndrome; Kyphoscoliosis; Lumbar radiculopathy; Spinal cord stimulation; Spinal cord stimulator

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; STEROID;

AGED; ANALGESIA; AQUATIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 56549089947     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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