Spinal Cord Stimulation II

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain.- Physiological mechanisms activated by stimulation of the spinal dorsal columns.- Central nervous mechanisms involved in neuropathic and nociceptive pain.- Spinal cord stimulation in ischemia and ischemic pain. Possible mechanisms of action.- Influence of cervical spinal cord stimulation on the vascular system.- Spinal cord stimulation for chronic intractable pain.- How to evaluate the results of neuromodulative procedures in pain?.- Evaluation of the effects of spinal cord stimulation by infrared thermography.- Management of Critical Limb Ischemia.- Definition, epidemiology and pathophysiology of critical limb ischemia.- Prostanoids in the treatment of critical limb ischemia.- Arterial vascular reconstruction in critical ischemia of the lower extremities.- Results of pedal bypass surgery for critical limb ischemia.- Value of intraoperative techniques in improving bypass patency.- Value of spinal cord stimulation for limb salvage in patients with graft failure.- Epidural spinal cord stimulation following intravenous prostaglandin E1 therapy in non-reconstructible peripheral arterial occlusive disease stage IV.- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Angina Pectoris.- Neurophysiological mechanisms of pain relief by spinal cord stimulation in angina pectoris.- Spinal cord stimulation in servere angina pectoris - presentation of current studies, indications and practical experience.- Spinal cord stimulation for intractable angina.- Pain modulation by spinal cord stimulation in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease not accessible to surgical reconstruction.- Neurostimulation for angina pectoris irresponsive to standard therapies.- Spinal cord stimulation for coronary vascular pathology: our experience.- Buerger's Disease -Miscellaneous.- Buerger's Disease: an overview.- Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of Buerger's Disease.- Spinal cord stimulation for upper extremity ischemic vascular disease.- Mapping of sensory electrical responses to epidural spinal cord stimulation.- Epidural spinal cord electrical stimulation (ESES) effect on penile flow: an experimental study.