Deep brain stimulation for chronic pain

Seminars in Neurosurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 183-193

  Whitworth, Louis A ^b   Fernández, Julius ^a   Feler, Claudio A ^a,b  

^a Southwestern ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Stimulation; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ANESTHESIA DOLOROSA; BACKACHE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DEAFFERENTATION PAIN; DEVICE INFECTION; DIPLOPIA; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR SYSTEM; NAUSEA; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; PARAMETER; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHANTOM PAIN; REVIEW; RISK; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL PAIN; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMIC PAIN SYNDROME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7444267257     PISSN: 15268012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-835707     Document Type: Review

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