Successful Treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Chronic Pain with Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Case Studyner_272
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Materials and Methods: This was an Institutional Review Board-approved case study involving a 37-year-old man diagnosed with CMT disease with pain of more than 20 years. He was implanted with an SCS device and patient pain and quality of life was assessed one and six months later using the SF-McGill Pain Questionnaire, Visual Analog Scale, Oswestry Disability Questionnaire, Pain Disability Index, and SF-36. Baseline measures were obtained retrospectively. Qualitative data were collected from the medical record.
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Successful treatment of charcot-marie-tooth chronic pain with spinal cord stimulation: a case study.
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