Combined spinal cord and peripheral nerve field stimulation for persistent post-herniorrhaphy pain

Neuromodulation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-89

  Lepski, Guilherme ^a   Vahedi, Payman ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos Soares ^a   Morgalla, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuropathic inguinal pain; peripheral nerve field stimulation; post herniorrhaphy pain; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATOR; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84873410505     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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