Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve stimulator placement in two soldiers with acute battlefield neuropathic pain

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 875-878

  Kent, Michael ^a   Upp, Justin ^a   Spevak, Christopher ^a,b   Shannon, Clarence ^a   Buckenmaier III, Chester ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; ENOXAPARIN; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MEMANTINE; MORPHINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PREGABALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDER; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOLDIER; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WAR;

EID: 84859094857     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318247f6b2     Document Type: Article

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