Spinal cord injury induced by a cervical spinal cord stimulator

Neuromodulation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-37

  Falowski, Steven ^a   Ooi, Yinn Cher ^b   Sabesan, Arvind ^c   Sharan, Ashwini ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; complications; electrodes; hardware failure; implant; incomplete spinal cord injury; neurostimulation; outcomes; safety; SCS; spinal cord injury; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARM PAIN; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DEVICE; DIZZINESS; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 79251562821     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2010.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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