Occipital nerve stimulator placement via a retromastoid to infraclavicular approach: A technical report

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-125

  Trentman, Terrence L ^a   Slavin, Konstantin V ^b   Freeman, John A ^a   Zimmerman, Richard S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Infraclavicular region; Occipital nerve stimulator; Retromastoid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CLAVICLE; DEVICES; INNERVATION; MASTOID; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

CLAVICLE; HUMANS; MASTOID; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77449136090     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289356     Document Type: Article

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