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Spinal cord stimulation: Current applications for treatment of chronic pain

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is thought to relieve chronic intractable pain by stimulating nerve fibers in the spinal cord. The resulting impulses in the fibers may inhibit the conduction of pain signals to the brain, according to the pain gate theory proposed by Melzack and Wall in 1965 and the se...

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Autores principales: Vannemreddy, Prasad, Slavin, Konstantin V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885295
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.84174