Cervical myelopathy due to an epidural cervical mass after chronic cervical spinal cord stimulation

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 265-269

  Wloch, Andreas ^a   Capelle, H Holger ^a   Saryyeva, Assel ^a   Krauss, Joachim K ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Chronic pain; Epidural cervical mass; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; EPIDURAL CERVICAL MASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCAR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE TUMOR; TENDON REFLEX; ANALGESIA; ATAXIC GAIT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; ELECTRODE IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD LESION;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877659750     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346501     Document Type: Article

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