Spinal cord stimulation for intractable pain following limb amputation

Neuromodulation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 530-536

  McAuley, John ^a,b   Van Grãningen, Richard ^a   Green, Christopher ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; outcomes; pain; phantom limb; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOM PAIN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AMPUTATION; OUTCOMES; PAIN; PHANTOM LIMB; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATORS; LAMINECTOMY; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PHANTOM LIMB; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892602034     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2012.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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