helwin smits

Summary

Affiliation: university hospital maastricht
Location: maastricht, the Netherlands
Summary:
anesthesiology trainee (nearly finished; 11/2011)
PhD project; spinal cord stimulation in neuropathic pain

Publications

  1. ncbi Effect of spinal cord stimulation in an animal model of neuropathic pain relates to degree of tactile "allodynia"
    H Smits
    Pain Management and Research Center, Department of Anaesthesiology, Maastricht University Hospital, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Neuroscience 143:541-6. 2006
  2. ncbi Spinal cord stimulation induces c-Fos expression in the dorsal horn in rats with neuropathic pain after partial sciatic nerve injury
    Helwin Smits
    Pain Management and Research Center, Department of Anaesthesiology, Maastricht University Hospital, P Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Neurosci Lett 450:70-3. 2009
  3. ncbi Spinal anesthesia for a parturient with the triad of Currarino
    M W J van der Heijden
    Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Treatment, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Int J Obstet Anesth 18:173-5. 2009
  4. ncbi Brush-evoked allodynia predicts outcome of spinal cord stimulation in complex regional pain syndrome type 1
    Frank van Eijs
    Maastricht University Medical Centre, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, The Netherlands
    Eur J Pain 14:164-9. 2010
  5. ncbi Increased efficacy of early spinal cord stimulation in an animal model of neuropathic pain
    Michiel Truin
    Pain Management and Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Maastricht University Hospital, P Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Eur J Pain 15:111-7. 2011

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Publications5

  1. ncbi Effect of spinal cord stimulation in an animal model of neuropathic pain relates to degree of tactile "allodynia"
    H Smits
    Pain Management and Research Center, Department of Anaesthesiology, Maastricht University Hospital, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Neuroscience 143:541-6. 2006
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  2. ncbi Spinal cord stimulation induces c-Fos expression in the dorsal horn in rats with neuropathic pain after partial sciatic nerve injury
    Helwin Smits
    Pain Management and Research Center, Department of Anaesthesiology, Maastricht University Hospital, P Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Neurosci Lett 450:70-3. 2009
    ..We found a significant increase in c-Fos in the SCS group compared to our sham group and control tissue, indicating late cellular activity in the dorsal horn after SCS...
  3. ncbi Spinal anesthesia for a parturient with the triad of Currarino
    M W J van der Heijden
    Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Treatment, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Int J Obstet Anesth 18:173-5. 2009
    ..When neuraxial anesthesia is contemplated in such patients, they should first receive careful neurologic and radiologic evaluation...
  4. ncbi Brush-evoked allodynia predicts outcome of spinal cord stimulation in complex regional pain syndrome type 1
    Frank van Eijs
    Maastricht University Medical Centre, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, The Netherlands
    Eur J Pain 14:164-9. 2010
    ..The aim of the current study was to develop effective prognostic factors for prediction of successful outcome of SCS...
  5. ncbi Increased efficacy of early spinal cord stimulation in an animal model of neuropathic pain
    Michiel Truin
    Pain Management and Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Maastricht University Hospital, P Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
    Eur J Pain 15:111-7. 2011
    ..Early SCS treatment of neuropathic rats is more effective as compared to the late SCS treatment...