Successful treatment of testicular pain with peripheral nerve stimulation of the cutaneous branch of the ilioinguinal and genital branch of the genitofemoral nerves

Neuromodulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 121-124

  Rosendal, Frederikke ^a   Moir, Liz ^a   De Pennington, Nick ^a   Green, Alexander L ^a   Aziz, Tipu Z ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case report; chronic pain; neuropathic pain; peripheral nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC SCROTAL PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84875844208     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2011.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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