The effects of spinal cord stimulation in neuropathic pain are sustained: A 24-month follow-up of the prospective randomized controlled multicenter trial of the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 762-768

  Kumar, Krishna ^a   Taylor, Rod S ^b   Jacques, Line ^c   Eldabe, Sam ^d   Meglio, Mario ^e   Molet, Joan ^f   Thomson, Simon ^g   O'Callaghan, Jim ^h   Eisenberg, Elon ⁱ   Milbouw, Germain ^j   Buchser, Eric ^k   Fortini, Gianpaolo ^l   Richardson, Jonathan ^m   North, Richard B ⁿ  

^a REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^g BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h Pain Clinic   (Australia)

ⁱ RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^j Centre Hospitalier Regional de Namur   (Belgium)

^k Hospital of Morges   (Switzerland)

^l OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^m Bradford Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LifeBridge Health   (United States)

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Author keywords

Failed back surgery syndrome; Neuropathic pain; Neurostimulation; Radicular pain; Randomized controlled trial; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56749091437     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000325731.46702.D9     Document Type: Article

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