Spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery: all that glitters is not gold

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Health Sciences, Amsterdam Movement Sciences Research Institute, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Edmundo Erazo Tapia et al. Pain. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;160(8):1903-1904.

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001605.

¹ Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
² Department of Health Sciences, Amsterdam Movement Sciences Research Institute, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Rigoard P, North R, Taylor R; PROMISE Study Group. Rigoard P, et al. Pain. 2019 Aug;160(8):1904. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001603. Pain. 2019. PMID: 31335661 No abstract available.

Multicolumn spinal cord stimulation for predominant back pain in failed back surgery syndrome patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.
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