Occipital nerve stimulation for intractable occipital neuralgia: An open surgical technique

Clinical Neurosurgery

Volumn 56, Issue , 2009, Pages 119-124

  Magown, Philippe ^a   Garcia, Rene ^a   Beauprie, Ian ^a   Mendez, Ivar M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS BUTALBITAL PLUS CAFFEINE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BACITRACIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BUPIVACAINE; CELECOXIB; CIPROFLOXACIN; CODEINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; METHADONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; MORPHINE; NAPROXEN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; PETHIDINE; RIFAMPICIN; ROFECOXIB; TOPIRAMATE; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; OCCIPITAL NERVE; OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SEROMA; SKIN ALLERGY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL NERVE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISSECTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; SPINAL NERVES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952304295     PISSN: 00694827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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