Cervical cord compression due to delayed scarring around epidural electrodes used in spinal cord stimulation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-412

  Dam Hieu, Phong ^a,c   Magro, Elsa ^a   Seizeur, Romuald ^a   Simon, Alexandre ^a   Quinio, Bertrand ^b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c Department of Neurosurgery   (France)

Author keywords

Complication; Fibrosis; Myelopathy; Spinal cord stimulation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SCARRING; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CICATRIX; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PALLIATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 77950571354     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.SPINE09193     Document Type: Article

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