Surgical treatment of painful spasticity after spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 161-166

  Livshits, A ^a   Rappaport, Z H ^b   Livshits, V ^b   Gepstein, R ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Myelotomy; Painful spasticity; Spastic syndrome; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORDOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARAPARESIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 85047699176     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101236     Document Type: Article

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