Neurostimulation in the modulation of intractable paraplegic and traumatic neuroma pains.

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Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center, Northwestern University, Department of Surgery/Division of Neurosurgery and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chicago, Ill. 60611, U.S.A.

Published: February 1980

Our experience in treating 10 patients with intractable pain with paraplegia employing percutaneous epidural or dorsal column stimulation is presented. Initial and long-term results in this group are contrasted with those of 9 patients with intractable post-amputation or post-traumatic neuroma pain. The successful results of neurostimulation treatment of peripheral nerve pain contasts with the disappointing results in the treatment of paraplegic pain.

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