High cervical spinal cord stimulation after failed dorsal root entry zone surgery for brachial plexus avulsion pain

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-289

  Lai, Hung Yi ^a   Lee, Ching Yi ^a   Lee, Shih Tseng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus avulsion; Dorsal column stimulation; Pain; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB; GABAPENTIN; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PHENYTOIN; TRAMADOL;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHRONIC PAIN; DORSAL ROOT ENTRY ZONE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67949106673     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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