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Epidural spinal cord electrical stimulation (ESES), introduced for the control of chronic pain of different ethiologies (10, 14) represents an alternative method of treating patients with critical limb ischaemia (CLI) neither amenable to vascular reconstructions nor responsive to medical treatment (2, 3, 6, 8, 13). The good results achieved in limb salvage (1, 7) are related mainly to combined effect of ESES on pain (control) and microcirculation (improvement) through several mechanisms of action centrally and peripherically (segmentary) mediated (4, 9).
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Sciacca, V., Mattioli, G., Oppido, P., Di Giugno, G. (1995). Epidural spinal cord electrical stimulation (ESES) effect on penile flow: an experimental study. In: Horsch, S., Claeys, L. (eds) Spinal Cord Stimulation II. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72527-2_25
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