Article
Clinical Neurology
Richard L. Witkam, Elisabeth A. M. Kragt, Inge J. J. Arnts, Ewald M. Bronkhorst, Robert van Dongen, Erkan Kurt, Monique A. H. Steegers, Frank G. A. M. van Haren, Natasja J. G. Maandag, Cees Gort, Dylan J. H. A. Henssen, Jessica T. Wegener, Kris C. P. Vissers
Summary: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is recommended for treating failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). The study compared the long-term clinical outcomes and safety of trialed and nontrialed implantation strategies, finding a statistically significant but not clinically significant difference in pain intensity between the two groups.
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Anesthesiology
Lisa Goudman, Ann De Smedt, Sam Eldabe, Philippe Rigoard, Bengt Linderoth, Mats De Jaeger, Maarten Moens
Summary: High-dose spinal cord stimulation (HD-SCS) has shown significant and sustained pain relief over a period of 12 months in patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). Additionally, HD-SCS resulted in improvement in sleep quality, functionality, and a decrease in pain medication usage.
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Clinical Neurology
Mette Nissen, Tiina-Mari Ikaheimo, Jukka Huttunen, Ville Leinonen, Henna-Kaisa Jyrkkanen, Mikael von Und Zu Fraunberg
Summary: The study showed that patients using gabapentinoids had lower rates of spinal cord stimulator explantation and were more likely to discontinue or reduce opioid use, indicating potential benefits of concomitant use of gabapentinoids in SCS patients.
Article
Anesthesiology
Hanna Kaijankoski, Mette Nissen, Janne Pesonen, Tiina-Mari Ikaheimo, Mikael Von Und Zu Fraunberg, Olavi Airaksinen, Jukka Huttunen
Summary: Retirement has an impact on the use of opioids in patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), with a slight increase in the number of opioid users after retirement but a decrease in opioid use among patients with permanently implanted spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Retirement appears to interrupt dose escalation in all groups, but doses continue to increase over time.
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Guangwei Mao, Zhijun Zhou, Hao Su, Yaozhong Chen, Jianjun Zhang, Chiyuan Zhang, Zhigong Wang, Xiaoying Lu
Summary: This paper proposes an ESCS system for animal experimental study, which provides a fully implantable and programmable stimulating system for complete SCI rat model, along with a wireless charging power solution. The system consists of an implantable pulse generator (IPG), a stimulating electrode, an external charging module, and an Android application (APP) via a smartphone. The results of the animal experiment show that the stimulating system can work stably in SCI rats, effectively activating the lower limb muscles and providing an effective tool for studying the ESCS application in motor function recovery.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Anesthesiology
Concepcion Perez, Elena Rojo, Cesar Margarit, Noelia Sanchez, Tania Blanco, Manuel Munoz, Carlos Crespo, Dolores Ochoa
Summary: This study compared the effectiveness of CMM and SCS for managing FBSS, finding that SCS may improve HRQoL and functionality in the long term. However, there were also limitations in the study design and sample size.
Article
Clinical Neurology
P. Amol Yadav, Shuangyan Li, O. Max Krucoff, A. Mikhail Lebedev, M. Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, A. L. Miguel Nicolelis
Summary: The research shows that different sensory experiences can be evoked by varying the intensity, temporal pattern, and location of spinal cord stimulation; animals can be trained to detect and discriminate different patterns of spinal cord stimulation; the results suggest that spinal cord stimulation can provide intuitive sensory feedback in neuroprosthetic devices.
Review
Clinical Neurology
Jesse J. McClure, Bhargav D. Desai, Leonel Ampie, Wen You, Justin S. Smith, Avery L. Buchholz
Summary: A systematic review on the cost-effectiveness of implanting spinal cord stimulators for failed back surgery syndrome found that despite increased direct medical costs, patient quality of life significantly improved at a cost well below $25,000/QALY. Therefore, SCSdi provides superior outcomes and a lower incremental cost: effectiveness ratio for patients with FBSS.
GLOBAL SPINE JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Sally El Sammak, William Mualem, Giorgos D. Michalopoulos, Joshua M. Romero, Christopher T. Ha, Christine L. Hunt, Mohamad Bydon
Summary: This study systematically reviewed and evaluated the current literature on the use of novel waveform spinal cord stimulation for the management of failed back surgery syndrome refractory to conventional SCSs. The results showed that conversion to novel stimulation can significantly reduce back pain.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE
(2022)
Article
Anesthesiology
Valerie Dauriac-Le Masson, Marie-Therese Gatt, Corinne Chekroun, Baris Turak, Marie Christine Djian
Summary: The study found that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an effective treatment for patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), resulting in a high return to work (RTW) rate. Factors positively associated with RTW include functional improvement and shorter unemployment duration, while longer unemployment duration has a negative impact on RTW.
Article
Rehabilitation
Mats De Jaeger, Lisa Goudman, Sam Eldabe, Robert Van Dongen, Ann De Smedt, Maarten Moens
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between pain intensity pre-treatment and disability, finding that pain reduction can help alleviate disability levels, but a low degree of disability does not always reflect low pain intensity.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Erkan Kurt, Robin K. Noordhof, Robert van Dongen, Kris Vissers, Dylan Henssen, Yvonne Engels
Summary: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has positive effects on pain relief, health-related quality of life, and daily functioning of patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). Patients have different expectations and goals, and most patients experience some improvement after SCS, but limitations still exist. Patients also find inconvenience with the trial period, implantation location, and recharging of the implantable pulse generator.
Review
Clinical Neurology
Sally El Sammak, William Mualem, Giorgos D. Michalopoulos, Joshua M. Romero, Christopher T. Ha, Christine L. Hunt, Mohamad Bydon
Summary: This study systematically reviewed and evaluated the use of novel waveform spinal cord stimulation for patients with failed back surgery syndrome refractory to conventional SCSs. The results suggest that novel waveform spinal cord stimulation may be a potential option for pain reduction.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Seunghyeon Yun, Chin Su Koh, Jungmin Seo, Shinyong Shim, Minkyung Park, Hyun Ho Jung, Kyungsik Eom, Jin Woo Chang, Sung June Kim
Summary: This article describes a fully implantable miniaturized spinal cord stimulator based on a biocompatible liquid crystal polymer (LCP). The stimulator suppresses pain signals by electrically stimulating the spinal cord. Compared to traditional metal packaged and battery-operated stimulators, this LCP-based device is smaller and lighter, allows wireless power and data transfer, and has shown effective pain suppression in animal models.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Soshi Samejima, Claire Shackleton, Raza N. Malik, Kawami Cao, Anibal Bohorquez, Tom E. Nightingale, Rahul Sachdeva, Andrei V. Krassioukov
Summary: Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to severe cardiovascular dysfunction, and autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is one of the causes of high blood pressure in SCI patients. Recently, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been considered as a potential intervention to alleviate unstable blood pressure after SCI. This case series demonstrates the real-time effect of epidural SCS (eSCS) at the lumbosacral spinal cord in mitigating AD in individuals with SCI.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tracy A. Wolff, Alex H. Krist, Michael LeFevre, Daniel E. Jonas, Russell P. Harris, Albert Siu, Douglas K. Owens, Matthew W. Gillman, Mark H. Ebell, Jessica Herzstein, Roger Chou, Evelyn Whitlock, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2018)
Editorial Material
Anesthesiology
Cobin D. Soelberg, Roger Chou, Banu K. Ramachandran, Abiona Berkeley, Raeford E. Brown
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
(2018)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Christine Cedraschi, Margareta Nordin, Scott Haldeman, Kristi Randhawa, Deborah Kopansky-Giles, Claire D. Johnson, Roger Chou, Eric L. Hurwitz, Pierre Cote
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2018)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Roger Chou, Pierre Cote, Kristi Randhawa, Paola Torres, Hainan Yu, Margareta Nordin, Eric L. Hurwitz, Scott Haldeman, Christine Cedraschi
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2018)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Margareta Nordin, Kristi Randhawa, Paola Torres, Hainan Yu, Scott Haldeman, O'Dane Brady, Pierre Cote, Carlos Torres, Michael Modic, Rajani Mullerpatan, Christine Cedraschi, Roger Chou, Emre Acaroglu, Eric L. Hurwitz, Nadege Lemeunier, Jean Dudler, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, Erkin Sonmez
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2018)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Emre Acaroglu, Margareta Nordin, Kristi Randhawa, Roger Chou, Pierre Cote, Tiro Mmopelwa, Scott Haldeman
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2018)
Review
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Monica V. Dragoman, Naomi K. Tepper, Rongwei Fu, Kathryn M. Curtis, Roger Chou, Mary E. Gaffield
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
(2018)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Roger Chou, William L. Baker, Lionel L. Banez, Suchitra Iyer, Evan R. Myers, Sydne Newberry, Laura Pincock, Karen A. Robinson, Lyndzie Sardenga, Nila Sathe, Stacey Springs, Timothy J. Wilt
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Robert J. Gatchel, David B. Reuben, Simon Dagenais, Dennis C. Turk, Roger Chou, Andrew D. Hershey, Gregory E. Hicks, John C. Licciardone, Susan D. Horn
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Rachelle Buchbinder, Maurits van Tulder, Birgitta Oberg, Luciola Menezes Costa, Anthony Woolf, Mark Schoene, Peter Croft
Article
Clinical Neurology
Scott Haldeman, Margareta Nordin, Roger Chou, Pierre Cote, Eric L. Hurwitz, Claire D. Johnson, Kristi Randhawa, Bart N. Green, Deborah Kopansky-Giles, Emre Acaroglu, Arthur Ameis, Christine Cedraschi, Ellen Aartun, Afua Adjei-Kwayisi, Selim Ayhan, Amer Aziz, Teresa Bas, Fiona Blyth, David Borenstein, O'Dane Brady, Peter Brooks, Connie Camilleri, Juan M. Castellote, Michael B. Clay, Fereydoun Davatchi, Jean Dudler, Robert Dunn, Stefan Eberspaecher, Juan Emmerich, Jean Pierre Farcy, Norman Fisher-Jeffes, Christine Goertz, Michael Grevitt, Erin A. Griffith, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni, Jan Hartvigsen, Maria Hondras, Edward J. Kane, Julie Laplante, Nadege Lemeunier, John Mayer, Silvano Mior, Tiro Mmopelwa, Michael Modic, Jean Moss, Rajani Mullerpatan, Elijah Muteti, Lillian Mwaniki, Madeleine Ngandeu-Singwe, Geoff Outerbridge, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Heather Shearer, Matthew Smuck, Erkin Sonmez, Patricia Tavares, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, Carlos Torres, Paola Torres, Alexander van der Horst, Leslie Verville, Emiliano Vialle, Gomatam Vijay Kumar, Adriaan Vlok, William Watters, Chung Chek Wong, Jessica J. Wong, Hainan Yu, Selcen Yuksel
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2018)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Scott Haldeman, Claire D. Johnson, Roger Chou, Margareta Nordin, Pierre Cote, Eric L. Hurwitz, Bart N. Green, Christine Cedraschi, Emre Acaroglu, Deborah Kopansky-Giles, Arthur Ameis, Afua Adjei-Kwayisi, Selim Ayhan, Fiona Blyth, David Borenstein, O'Dane Brady, Peter Brooks, Connie Camilleri, Juan M. Castellote, Michael B. Clay, Fereydoun Davatchi, Robert Dunn, Christine Goertz, Erin A. Griffith, Maria Hondras, Edward J. Kane, Nadege Lemeunier, John Mayer, Tiro Mmopelwa, Michael Modic, Jean Moss, Rajani Mullerpatan, Elijah Muteti, Lillian Mwaniki, Madeleine Ngandeu-Singwe, Geoff Outerbridge, Kristi Randhawa, Heather Shearer, Erkin Sonmez, Carlos Torres, Paola Torres, Leslie Verville, Adriaan Vlok, William Watters, Chung Chek Wong, Hainan Yu
EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
(2018)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mary Lynn McPherson, Kathryn A. Walker, Mellar P. Davis, Eduardo Bruera, Akhila Reddy, Judith Paice, Kasey Malotte, Dawn Kashelle Lockman, Charles Wellman, Shelley Salpeter, Nina M. Bemben, James B. Ray, Bernard J. Lapointe, Roger Chou
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
(2019)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Roger Chou
ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2019)
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Deborah Dowell, Tamara Haegerich, Roger Chou
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2019)
