Spinal cord stimulators: Typical positioning and postsurgical complications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 437-445

  Zan, Elcin ^a,b   Kurt, Kubra Neslihan ^a,c   Yousem, David M ^a   Christo, Paul J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Ct myelography; Epidural positioning; Postsurgical complication; Spinal cord stimulator

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DEVICE INFECTION; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; PUNCTURE; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

AGED; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; POSTURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251522845     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4789     Document Type: Article

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