Jonathan M Hagedorn, Ryan S D'Souza, Abhishek Yadav, Tony K George, Nathan DeTemple, Erik Ovrom, Christopher M Lam, Dawood Sayed, Morgan Hall, Lauren Stephenson, Zach Rivera, Bryan Hoelzer, Timothy R Deer
OBJECTIVES: Lumbar spine surgery is a common procedure for treating disabling spine-related pain. In recent decades, both the number and cost of spine surgeries have increased despite technological advances and modification in surgical technique. For those patients that have continued uncontrolled back and/or lower extremity pain following lumbar spine surgery, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has emerged as a viable treatment option. However, the impact of lumbar spine surgical history remains largely unstudied...
April 12, 2024: Pain Practice: the Official Journal of World Institute of Pain