Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Giusy Guzzi, Attilio Della Torre, Domenico La Torre, Giorgio Volpentesta, Carmelino Angelo Stroscio, Angelo Lavano, Federico Longhini
Summary: Chronic low-back pain is a common disease with negative impacts on patients' quality of life and healthcare costs. When conventional treatments fail, patients may consider Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), which can effectively reduce symptoms in well-selected patients for up to eight years.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Zahabiya Campwala, Pallavi Datta, Marisa DiMarzio, Vishad Sukul, Paul J. Feustel, Julie G. Pilitsis
Summary: The research indicates that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) can improve pain intensity, pain quality, functional disability, and depression severity in chronic low back pain (CLBP) patients, regardless of whether they have had previous spine surgery.
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Jan M. Eckermann, Julie G. Pilitsis, Christopher Vannaboutathong, Belinda J. Wagner, Rose Province-Azalde, Markus A. Bendel
Summary: In patients with chronic back pain who have not undergone spinal surgery, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy shows promising outcomes, including pain reduction, functional improvement, and enhanced quality of life.
Review
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Chun Ho Wong, Timmy Chi Wing Chan, Stanley Sau Ching Wong, Marc Russo, Chi Wai Cheung
Summary: This review evaluates the analgesic efficacy and safety of peripheral nerve field stimulation (PNFS) alone or in combination with spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for managing chronic low back pain and persistent spinal pain syndrome. The results suggest that PNFS can effectively reduce back pain and improve physical functioning. However, high-quality evidence supporting the long-term analgesic efficacy and safety of PNFS is still lacking.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Shashank Rajkumar, Lexie Zidanyue Yang, Vishal Venkatraman, Lefko Charalambous, Beth Parente, Hui-Jie Lee, Shivanand P. Lad
Summary: Chronic refractory low back pain (CRLBP) is a diagnosis characterized by chronic low back pain in patients who are poor candidates for surgery and fail conservative management. High-frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) is a new advance in neuromodulation that may be effective in treating these patients. However, the cost burden of this therapy is yet undetermined.
Review
Anesthesiology
Mariam ElSaban, Donald J. Kleppel, Eva Kubrova, Gabriel A. Martinez Alvarez, Nasir Hussain, Ryan S. D'Souza
Summary: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an important treatment for chronic pain disorders. This meta-analysis examined the long-term physical function after 12 months of SCS therapy for chronic back pain and found significant improvement in physical function.
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
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.
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
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.
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)
Review
Anesthesiology
Harsha Shanthanna, Sam Eldabe, David Anthony Provenzano, Yaping Chang, Daniel Adams, Imad Kashir, Akash Goel, Chenchen Tian, Rachel J. Couban, Tal Levit, Jonathan M. Hagedorn, Samer Narouze
Summary: This study reviews the evidence on patient selection and the role of trials in spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy. It finds that due to the lack of a consistent approach, trials are important in excluding patients who do not benefit from or cannot tolerate the therapy.
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA AND PAIN MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Marc A. Russo, Willem Volschenk, Dominic Bailey, Danielle M. Santarelli, Elizabeth Holliday, Daniel Barker, Jason Dizon, Brett Graham
Summary: This study demonstrates the safety and efficacy of a novel paresthesia-free stimulation waveform for the treatment of chronic neuropathic low back pain. The waveform is compatible with all current commercial SCS systems and resulted in significant improvement in pain scores, quality of life, and patient satisfaction.
Article
Anesthesiology
Martijn R. Mons, Kenneth B. Chapman, Chris Terwiel, Elbert A. Joosten, Jan-Willem Kallewaard
Summary: BurstDR (TM) spinal cord stimulation is an effective treatment for chronic discogenic low back pain, resulting in significant reduction of pain, improvement in quality of life, and positive patient satisfaction.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Md Akhlasur Rahman, Niraj Singh Tharu, Sylvia M. Gustin, Yong-Ping Zheng, Monzurul Alam
Summary: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating injury with severe complications, but recent development of noninvasive electrical neuromodulation treatments offers hope for rehabilitation. Trans-spinal direct current stimulation (tsDCS) and trans-spinal pulsed current stimulation (tsPCS) have shown promising results in improving sensorimotor and autonomic functions.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Christian Saleh, Tatiani Soultana Ilia, Phillip Jaszczuk, Margret Hund-Georgiadis, Anna Walter
Summary: This systematic review suggests that high-frequency rTMS applied to the primary motor cortex and left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex may be promising stimulation targets for neuropathic pain in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).
NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
