Spinal cord stimulation is effective in management of complex regional pain syndrome I: Fact or fiction

Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 566-578

  Kumar, Krishna ^a   Rizvi, Syed ^a   Bnurs, Sharon Bishop ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Complex regional pain syndrome I; Long term results; Quality of life; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME I; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051793358     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182181e60     Document Type: Article

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