Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 121-127 , July 2009

Review of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve stimulation

  • Marc A. Huntoon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Marc A. Huntoon, MD, Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905
    • ,
  • Abram H. Burgher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Pain and Supportive Care, Scottsdale, Arizona

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 Funding: This study was funded in part by a $5000.00 grant from the Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic Small Grants program. Portions of this review were presented in abstract form at the 2009 American Academy of Pain Medicine annual meeting, Honolulu, HI.

 Competing interests: Dr. Huntoon has current research support from Medtronic and Boston Scientific. The original feasibility studies used needles and leads from Boston Scientific.

PII: S1084-208X(09)00046-9

doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2009.06.018

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 121-127 , July 2009

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