Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Preferred Label : Peripheral Nerve Stimulation;

NCIt synonyms : PNS;

NCIt definition : A minimally invasive form of electroanalgesia often used in neuropathic pain. For best effect, the stimulation is applied proximally to the site of the nerve lesion. (from White, Li, and Chiu);

Details

Origin ID

C21025;

UMLS CUI

C1524011;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome [ORDO Disease]
- Peripheral neurostimulator, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Poikiloderma with neutropenia [OMIM Phenotype]
- paraneoplastic syndromes, nervous system [MeSH Descriptor]
- parasympathetic nervous system [MeSH Descriptor]
- peripheral nervous system [UBERON concept]
- peripheral nervous system [MeSH Descriptor]
False automatic mappings
- Person name [LOINC Property]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
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- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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