Cross talk: A new method for peripheral nerve stimulation. An observational report with cadaveric verification

Pain Physician

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 965-983

  Falco, Frank J E ^a,b   Berger, Jeffrey ^b   Vrable, Alan ^b   Onyewu, Obi ^a,b   Zhu, Jie ^a,b  

^a Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Cross talk; Failed back surgery syndrome; Low back pain; Neck pain; Neuromodulation; Occipital headaches; Peripheral nerve field stimulation; Peripheral nerve stimulation; Post herpetic neuralgia; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PELVIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION CROSS TALK; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPHYSICS; CADAVER; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76149132259     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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