Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain management

Seminars in Neurosurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 151-175

  Barolat, Giancarlo ^a   Sharan, Ashwini D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Neuromodulation; Neurostimulation; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANESTHESIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DEVICE INFECTION; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIQUORRHEA; LOW BACK PAIN; MYELINATED NERVE; NECK PAIN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHANTOM PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PULSE GENERATOR; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADICULAR PAIN; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SKIN ABRASION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORK;

EID: 7444257857     PISSN: 15268012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-835705     Document Type: Review

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