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3263983

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8-9
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
In order to reduce refractory chronic pain of the musculoskeletal system, the orthopedic surgeon can stimulate electrically the peripheral nerves or the posterior funiculi of the spinal cord (epidural neurostimulation). The authors specify their current indications for epidural stimulation in the treatment of such painful diseases: radicular pain caused by arachnoepidurites, sequelae of trauma inflicted to the spine and medulla; postoperative lomboradicular pain of mixed source, and distal lesions of the plexus brachialis. The indication for an implant stems from a rigorous strategy which requires more particularly that pain regress by more than 50% under transcutaneous neurostimulation applied for a period of least one month and that the psychological and spinal-cerebral integrity be verified. The surgical procedure comprises two stages: first, positioning of an epidural electrode and, then, insertion of a totally implantable multiprogrammable radiostimulator. Judging from a prospective assessment of 20 cases of postoperative lumbar arachnoepiduritis treated in this way, the results are considered quite encouraging.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-7697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
125
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
522-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Treatment of chronic pain of the musculoskeletal system by epidural stimulation].
pubmed:affiliation
Service d'Orthopédie-Traumatologie A, Hôtel-Dieu, Rennes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract