The appropriate use of neurostimulation of the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system for the treatment of chronic pain and ischemic diseases: The neuromodulation appropriateness consensus committee

Neuromodulation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 515-550

  Deer, Timothy R ^a   Mekhail, Nagy ^b   Provenzano, David ^c   Pope, Jason ^a   Krames, Elliot ^d   Leong, Michael ^e   Levy, Robert M ^f   Abejon, David ^g   Buchser, Eric ^h,i   Burton, Allen ^j   Buvanendran, Asokumar ^k   Candido, Kenneth ^l   Caraway, David ^m   Cousins, Michael ⁿ   Dejongste, Michael ^o   Diwan, Sudhir ^p   Eldabe, Sam ^q   Gatzinsky, Kliment ^r   Foreman, Robert D ^s   Hayek, Salim ^t,u   Kim, Philip ^v,w   Kinfe, Thomas ^x   Kloth, David ^y   Kumar, Krishna ^z   Rizvi, Syed ^z   Lad, Shivanand P ^aa   Liem, Liong ^ab   Linderoth, Bengt ^ac   Mackey, Sean ^e   McDowell, Gladstone ^ad   McRoberts, Porter ^ae   Poree, Lawrence ^af   Prager, Joshua ^ag   Raso, Lou ^ah   Rauck, Richard ^ai   Russo, Marc ^aj   Simpson, Brian ^ak   Slavin, Konstantin ^al   Staats, Peter ^am,an   Stanton Hicks, Michael ^b   Verrills, Paul ^ao   Wellington, Joshua ^ap   Williams, Kayode ^an   North, Richard ^an,aq   more..

^a Center for Pain Relief   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Ohio Valley General Hospital   (United States)

^d Pacific Pain Treatment Centers   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Hospital Universitario Quiron   (Spain)

^h Neuromodulation Centre   (Switzerland)

ⁱ LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^j Department of Anesthesia Rush University Medical Center ^*

^k RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^m Center for Pain Relief Tri City   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^p LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^q JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^r SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^s UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^v CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^w BRYN MAWR HOSPITAL   (United States)

^x HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^y DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^z REGINA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^aa DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ab ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^ac KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^ad Integrated Pain Solutions   (United States)

^ae HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ah Jupiter Interventional Pain Management Inc   (United States)

^ai WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^aj Hunter Pain Clinic   (Australia)

^ak UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^al UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^am Premier Pain Management Centers   (United States)

^an JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ao Metro Spinal Clinic   (Australia)

^ap INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aq Neuromodulation Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Angina pectoris; chronic pain; complex regional pain syndrome; failed back surgery syndrome; high frequency electrical stimulation; ischemic pain; neuropathic pain; nociceptive pain; phantom limb pain; postherpetic neuralgia; Reynaud's syndrome; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; CHEST WALL PAIN SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUNEAL NEURALGIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSFUNCTIONAL PAIN; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; GENERATOR; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIXED PAIN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NERVE STIMULATION; NEURALGIA; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; NOMENCLATURE; PELVIC PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSTAMPUTATION PAIN; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGRAM APPROPRIATENESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REFRACTORY ANGINA PECTORIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINE SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TAXONOMY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINAL CORD STIMMULATION; THORAX PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; CHECKLIST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ISCHEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES;

ANALGESICS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHECKLIST; CHRONIC PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 84905973343     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ner.12208     Document Type: Review

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