Spinal cord stimulator activation by an antitheft device. Case report.
The authors present a case in which electrical injury to the central nervous system resulted from uncontrolled activation of a cervical spinal cord stimulation device by an antitheft device. The injury resulted in long-term neurological sequelae.
Eisenberg
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Pain Relief Unit, Rambam Medical Center, and The B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
Waisbrod
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