Spinal Cord Stimulation for Radicular Pain Following Retained Bullet in the Spinal Canal
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Spinal cord stimulation for radicular pain following retained bullet in the spinal canal.
We are reporting on the implantation of a spinal cord stimulator to treat intractable radicular pain following a retained bullet fragment in the spinal canal. Such retained fragments are associated with risks including pain, neurological deficit, infection, toxic effects, and migration. Our patient was a young man with radicular pain and history of a gunshot entering the abdomen. Computed tomog...
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عنوان ژورنال: March 2013
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2013/16/e103