title: Questions about Turner et al. Spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome: outcomes in a worker's compensation setting.
authors.affiliation: The Sandra and Malcolm Berman Brain and Spine Institute, Sinai Hospital, 5051 Greenspring Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA The Neuromodulation Foundation, 117 East 25th Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Peninsula Medical School, University Exeter, Exeter, UK Department of Pain and Anaesthesia, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK.
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: North
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shipley
authors.forename: Rod S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eldabe
mesh_terms: D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000628:therapy*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications
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