Spinal cord stimulation: clinical efficacy and potential mechanisms

AD Sdrulla, Y Guan, SN Raja - Pain Practice, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a minimally invasive therapy used for the treatment of
chronic neuropathic pain. SCS is a safe and effective alternative to medications such as …

Failed back surgery syndrome: current perspectives

Z Baber, MA Erdek - Journal of pain research, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The treatment of failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) can be equally challenging to
surgeons, pain specialists, and primary care providers alike. The onset of FBSS occurs …

Implanted spinal neuromodulation interventions for chronic pain in adults

NE O'Connell, MC Ferraro, W Gibson… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Implanted spinal neuromodulation (SNMD) techniques are used in the
treatment of refractory chronic pain. They involve the implantation of electrodes around the …

Spinal cord stimulation for low back pain

AC Traeger, SE Gilbert, IA Harris… - Cochrane Database of …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a surgical intervention used to treat persistent
low back pain. SCS is thought to modulate pain by sending electrical signals via implanted …

Multicolumn spinal cord stimulation for predominant back pain in failed back surgery syndrome patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

P Rigoard, S Basu, M Desai, R Taylor, L Annemans… - Pain, 2019 - journals.lww.com
2. Methods The PROMISE trial was conducted and reported in accordance with the
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials guidelines. 22 The study design, previously …

The current state of deep brain stimulation for chronic pain and its context in other forms of neuromodulation

SM Farrell, A Green, T Aziz - Brain Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chronic intractable pain is debilitating for those touched, affecting 5% of the population.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has fallen out of favour as the centrally implantable …

[HTML][HTML] Spinal cord stimulation in failed back surgery syndrome: review of clinical use, quality of life and cost-effectiveness

PM Waszak, M Modrić, A Paturej, SM Malyshev… - Asian spine …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is complex and recurrent chronic pain after spinal
surgery. Several important patient and surgery related risk factors play roles in development …

[PDF][PDF] Fantastic four: age, spinal cord stimulator waveform, pain localization and history of spine surgery influence the odds of successful spinal cord stimulator trial

C Odonkor, R Kwak, K Ting, D Hao… - Pain …, 2020 - painphysicianjournal.com
Background: There is a dearth in our understanding of the factors that are predictive of
successful spinal cord stimulator (SCS) trials and eventual conversion to permanent …

Stimulation of the dorsal root ganglion

L Liem - Stimulation of the peripheral nervous system, 2016 - karger.com
Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation has recently emerged as a new neuromodulation
modality that stays on the intersection of the peripheral and central nervous system. With …

Minimum clinically important difference and substantial clinical benefit in pain, functional, and quality of life scales in failed back surgery syndrome patients

KB Park, JS Shin, J Lee, YJ Lee, M Kim, JH Lee… - Spine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design.. Prospective observational 1-year study. Objective.. To determine minimum
clinically important difference (MCID) and substantial clinical benefit (SCB) of outcome …