Spinal cord stimulation versus conventional medical management for neuropathic pain: A multicentre randomised controlled trial in patients with failed back surgery syndrome
- Krishna Kumar, R. Taylor, R. North
- MedicinePain
- 1 November 2007
THE EFFECTS OF SPINAL CORD STIMULATION IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN ARE SUSTAINED: A 24‐MONTH FOLLOW‐UP OF THE PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED MULTICENTER TRIAL OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPINAL CORD…
- Krishna Kumar, R. Taylor, R. North
- Medicine, PsychologyNeurosurgery
- 1 October 2008
At 24 months of SCS treatment, selected failed back surgery syndrome patients reported sustained pain relief, clinically important improvements in functional capacity and health-related quality of life, and satisfaction with treatment.
Quality of life, resource consumption and costs of spinal cord stimulation versus conventional medical management in neuropathic pain patients with failed back surgery syndrome (PROCESS trial)
- A. Manca, Krishna Kumar, M. Sculpher
- MedicineEuropean Journal of Pain
- 1 November 2008
Lipomatous, vascular, and chondromatous benign tumors of the peripheral nerves: representative cases and review of the literature.
- C. Chatillon, M. Guiot, L. Jacques
- MedicineNeurosurgical Focus
- 15 June 2007
The first reported case of a cartilaginous hamartoma infiltrating a peripheral nerve is reported, and preoperative embolization and postoperative radiotherapy were beneficial in the case presented here.
Demographic Characteristics of Patients with Severe Neuropathic Pain Secondary to Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- S. Thomson, L. Jacques
- Medicine, PsychologyPain Practice
- 1 May 2009
It is unclear how patients with predominantly neuropathic pain due to failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) compare with patients with other chronic pain conditions.
FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS RECONSTRUCTION AFTER TRAUMA
- Mohamed Ahmed-Labib, J. Golan, L. Jacques
- Medicine, PsychologyNeurosurgery
- 1 November 2007
Statistically validated tools can be used to evaluate the quality of life, upper extremity function, and pain after brachial plexus repairs and correlated negatively with functional outcomes.
Spinal Cord Stimulation vs. Conventional Medical Management: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Study of Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (PROCESS Study)
- Krishna Kumar, R. North, M. Jacobs
- MedicineNeuromodulation (Malden, Mass.)
- 1 October 2005
The PROCESS randomized, controlled, multicenter trial aims to assess the clinical effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of SCS when added to conventional medical management compared to conventionalmedical management alone in patients with FBSS.
An Algorithmic Programming Approach for Back Pain Symptoms in Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Using Spinal Cord Stimulation with a Multicolumn Surgically Implanted Epidural Lead: A Multicenter…
- P. Rigoard, L. Jacques, Krishna Kumar
- MedicinePain Practice
- 1 March 2015
The objective of the present international multicentre study is to prospectively evaluate the findings of recent clinical trials suggesting that multicolumn surgically implanted leads combined with enhanced programming capabilities in the newer implantable pulse generators demonstrate the ability to treat the back pain component of FBSS.
Recurrent Spontaneous Spinal Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Associated with “Nude Nerve Root” Syndrome: Case Report
- W. Schievink, L. Jacques
- MedicineNeurosurgery
- 1 November 2003
A recurrent spontaneous spinalCSF leak may occur in patients with intracranial hypotension at a site previously documented not to be associated with a CSF leak.
Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome: current diagnostic criteria and advances in MRI diagnostics.
- S. Magill, M. Brus-Ramer, P. Weinstein, C. Chin, L. Jacques
- MedicineNeurosurgical Focus
- 1 September 2015
It is concluded that improved high-resolution MRN and tractography are valuable tools for identifying the source of nerve compression in patients with nTOS and can augment current diagnostic modalities for this syndrome.
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