Spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of chronic pain in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

Neuromodulation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-280

  Costantini, Amedeo ^a   Buchser, Eric ^b   Van Buyten, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a Ospedale SS Annunziata   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Morges   (Switzerland)

^c AZ Nikolaas   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGISTER; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 78650210498     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2010.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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