Neurosurgical pain therapy with epidural spinal cord stimulation (SCS)

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 97 PART 1, 2007, Pages 65-70

  Kuchta, Johannes ^a   Koulousakis, A ^a   Sturm, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

epidural stimulation; failed back syndrome; Neuromodulation; pain; SCS; spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 85052610010     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-33079-1_8     Document Type: Review

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