Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 330-335 , October 2009

Long term clinical outcome of peripheral nerve stimulation in patients with chronic peripheral neuropathic pain

  • Frank Van Calenbergh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • Jan Gybels, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • Koen Van Laere, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • Patrick Dupont, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • Leon Plaghki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unité READ, Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, B-1200, Belgium
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  • Bart Depreitere, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • Ron Kupers, PhD

      Affiliations

    • PET Center & Department of Surgical Pathophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark

Received 8 October 2008 ,Accepted 4 March 2009.

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☆ This study was supported by grants from Medtronic, the Svend Andersen Foundation, and the Lunbeck Foundation.

PII: S0090-3019(09)00259-6

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.03.006

Surgical Neurology
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 330-335 , October 2009

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