title: Electrical stimulation and the treatment of complex regional pain syndromes of the upper extremity.
abstract: Clinical, intractable pain in the upper extremity often results from neuroma, direct injury to a peripheral nerve, or repetitive operative insults to a peripheral nerve that has compressive neuropathy. Electrical stimulation applied directly to a single peripheral nerve can provide sufficient relief of pain, improve patient outlook, improve lasting sleep, release the individual from addictive narcotic pain medication, and restore a psychological sense of well-being.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Cooney
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000628:therapy*