Spinal Cord Stimulation: Implantation Techniques
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: Spinal cord stimulation is a valuable tool for managing patients with chronic pain of spinal origin, complex regional pain syndrome, as well as other chronic pain…
History of Neurostimulation
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: The history of neurostimulation for pain relief reaches back nearly 2000 years to Greece. As with many ancient remedies, healers made use of the natural physiology…
Spinal Cord Stimulation: Parameter Selection and Equipment Choices
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: In principle, electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS) can be delivered by the simplest of electrodes applied directly to the back, but today’s implanted devices are far…
Spinal Cord Stimulation: General Indications
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an adjustable, nondestructive, mode of neuromodulation that delivers therapeutic doses of electrical current to the spinal cord for the management of…
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Peripheral Vascular Disease
Chapter Overview Chapter Overview: Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord (SCS) can be used for relief of neuropathic pain and for several indications of nociceptive pain. These include the ischemic…
Neurostimulation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: This chapter deals with electrical stimulation of the spinal cord (SCS) in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). This broad diagnosis refers to chronic regional…
Spinal Cord Stimulation as a Treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is the term used for chronic neuropathic pain that persists or reoccurs after a surgical procedure on the lumbosacral spine. FBSS…
Medical Considerations in Spinal Cord Stimulation
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: Chapter 3 deals with some of the perioperative considerations for surgery for electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS). The invasive implantation procedure carries inherent risks, but these…
Patient Selection: Psychological Considerations
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: Chapter 4 addresses the mind of the recipient of electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS), beyond considerations strictly of the nervous system. A brief history of the…
Mechanisms of Spinal Neuromodulation
Chapter Overview Chapter Synopsis: Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord (SCS) improves many forms of neuropathic pain; but, contrary to our early understanding, it can also affect some forms of…
