Complications of spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation techniques: A review of the literature

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 325-336

  Eldabe, Sam ^a   Buchser, Eric ^b   Duarte, Rui V ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Morges Hospital EHC   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATTERY FAILURE; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EROSION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; LEAD FRACTURE; LEAD MIGRATION; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROSURGEON; OCCIPITAL NERVE STIMULATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTDURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SACRAL NERVE STIMULATION; SKIN EROSION; SKIN INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND BREAKDOWN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; DEVICES; DURA MATER; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION;

DURA MATER; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84979031933     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnv025     Document Type: Review

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