Occipital nerve stimulator placement under general anesthesia: Initial experience with 5 cases and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-162

  Trentman, Terrence L ^a   Zimmerman, Richard S ^a   Dodick, David W ^a   Dormer, Carla L ^a   Vargas, Bert B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

General anesthesia; Headache; Peripheral nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NERVE STIMULATION; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CRANIAL NERVES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77949984098     PISSN: 08984921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181c04693     Document Type: Article

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