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Spinal cord stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome: Outcomes in a workers’ compensation setting

  • Judith A. Turner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, 1959 NE Pacific St., Room BB1517a, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA. Tel.: +1 206 543 3997; fax: +1 206 685 1139.
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  • William Hollingworth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    • ,
  • Bryan A. Comstock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Richard A. Deyo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA

Received 3 March 2009 ,Revised 3 August 2009 ,Accepted 17 August 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00461-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.08.014

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