Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of cancer-related pain: Back to the origins

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-349

  Flagg II, Artemus ^a   McGreevy, Kai ^b   Williams, Kayode ^a  

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

^b Southeast Spine and Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer pain; Implantable technologies; Neuropathic pain; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THERAPY EFFECT;

CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEURALGIA; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865620571     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-012-0276-9     Document Type: Article

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