Epidural abscess due to spinal cord stimulator trial

JJ Rauchwerger, GH Zoarski, R Waghmarae… - Pain …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
▪ Abstract: Spinal cord stimulation is increasingly utilized as a treatment to alleviate low back
pain and lumbar radiculopathy, particularly in patients with failed back surgery syndrome …

Epidural abscess during a spinal cord stimulator trial: a case report

B Wetherington, TW Khan - Pain Practice, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) can be beneficial for low back and radicular pain.
A short trial of SCS evaluates the potential effectiveness of this therapy for a specific patient …

Cervical epidural abscess due to implantation of a spinal cord stimulation lead

GA Bara, J Thissen - Clinical Case Reports, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for intractable pain syndromes has become a pillar of modern
pain management. Common complications include lead migration, implant infection …

Spinal cord stimulator infection: approach to diagnosis, management, and prevention

Z Esquer Garrigos, S Farid, MA Bendel… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is the most utilized invasive electrical neuromodulation
treatment for the management of refractory chronic pain syndromes. Infection is one of the …

[PDF][PDF] Recommendations for reducing infection in the practice of implanting spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal drug delivery devices: a physician's playbook

TR Deer, DA Provenzano - Pain Physician, 2013 - painphysicianjournal.com
Pain Physician 2013; 16: E125-E128• ISSN 2150-1149 should offer to achieve the best
outcomes in infection control. These infection prevention practices can be divided into …

Retrospective review of 707 cases of spinal cord stimulation: indications and complications

NA Mekhail, M Mathews, F Nageeb, M Guirguis… - Pain …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Appropriate patient selection and minimizing complications are critical for successful spinal
cord stimulation (SCS) therapy in managing intractable pain. We thus reviewed electronic …

[PDF][PDF] A review of surgical techniques in spinal cord stimulator implantation to decrease the post-operative infection rate

J Zhu, G Gutman, JG Collins, J Colonna - J Spine, 2014 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The use of spinal cord stimulator has been supported by the evidence-based studies at
moderate level to control varying etiologies of pain. Infections are the most serious …

Spinal cord stimulator related infections: findings from a multicenter retrospective analysis of 2737 implants

MA Bendel, T O'Brien, BC Hoelzer… - … : Technology at the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Surgical site infection is a potential complication of spinal cord stimulator (SCS)
implantation. Current understanding of the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of these …

Spinal cord stimulator implant infection rates and risk factors: a multicenter retrospective study

BC Hoelzer, MA Bendel, TR Deer… - … : Technology at the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Spinal cord stimulation is an evidence‐based treatment for a number of chronic
pain conditions. While this therapy offers improvement in pain and function it is not without …

[HTML][HTML] Postoperative infections associated with prolonged spinal cord stimulation trial duration (PROMISE RCT)

R North, MJ Desai, J Vangeneugden… - … : Technology at the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction In the PROMISE study, a multinational randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the
effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) with multicolumn surgical leads as a treatment …