Deep Brain Stimulation for Intractable Pain: A 15-Year Experience
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 40 (4) , 736-747
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-199704000-00015
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. During the past 15 years, we prospectively followed 68 patients with chronic pain syndromes who underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS). TheKeywords
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