Successful treatment of whiplash-type injury induced severe pain syndrome with epidural stimulation: a case report

Chronic severe cervico-facial pain syndrome associated with a whiplash-type injury was successfully treated with epidural spinal cord stimulation. The patient had been in pain for 9 years, responding temporarily only to stellate ganglion blocks. The patient has now been painless for 18 months. We ha...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pain (Amsterdam) 1999-03, Vol.80 (1), p.441-443
Hauptverfasser:	Kirvelä, Olli A., Kotilainen, Esa
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Cervico-facial pain Chronic Disease Diseases of the nervous system Electric Stimulation Therapy Epidural Space Humans Male Medical sciences Pain - etiology Pain Management Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) Spinal cord stimulation Syndrome Whiplash Injuries - complications Whiplash-type injury
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Zusammenfassung:	Chronic severe cervico-facial pain syndrome associated with a whiplash-type injury was successfully treated with epidural spinal cord stimulation. The patient had been in pain for 9 years, responding temporarily only to stellate ganglion blocks. The patient has now been painless for 18 months. We have been unable to find a similar case reported in the literature to date.
ISSN:	0304-3959 1872-6623
DOI:	10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00218-8