Spinal cord compression from a foreign body reaction to spinal cord stimulation: A previously unreported complication

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2010, Pages

  Lennarson, Peter J ^a   Guillen, Felipe T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); foreign body reaction; pain; radiculopathy; spinal cord compression; spinal cord stimulator; spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 78650575607     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ecc965     Document Type: Article

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