Spinal cord stimulation as a treatment option for intractable neuropathic cancer pain

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 103-106

  Yokovlev, Alexander E ^a,b   Ellias, Yakub ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b APNP Comprehensive Pain Management of the Fox Valley   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Neuropathic pain; Post irradiation neuropathy; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANOPLASTY; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANUS TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEURALGIA; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65349104763     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2008.813     Document Type: Article

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