Postoperative analgesic effect of transcranial direct current stimulation in lumbar spine surgery: A randomized control trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 696-701

  Dubois, Philippe E ^a   Ossemann, Michel ^b,c   De Fays, Katalin ^b,c   De Bue, Pascale ^a   Gourdin, Maximilien ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^c   Vandermeeren, Yves ^b,c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Multimodal analgesia; Postoperative pain; Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS); Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Indexed keywords

ALIZAPRIDE; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SPINE SURGERY; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880625831     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31826fb302     Document Type: Article

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