Technique for steering spinal cord stimulator electrode

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  MacDonald, Joel D ^a,b   Fisher, Kirk J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal column stimulation; Epidural electrode; Spinal cord stimulation; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 80051786636     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182181eed     Document Type: Article

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