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Spinal Cord Stimulation: Background and Clinical Application

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Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a surgical treatment for chronic neuropathic pain that is refractory to other treatment. Originally described by Shealy et al. in 1967(1), it is used to treat a range of conditions such as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS I)(2), angina pectoris(3), radicular pain after failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS)(4), pain due to peripheral nerve injury, stump pain(5), peripheral vascular disease(6) and diabetic neuropathy(7,8); whereas phantom pain(9), postherpetic neuralgia(10), chronic visceral pain(11), and pain after partial spinal cord injury(12) remain more controversial. SCS is not effective in relieving central neuropathic pain states.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Anesthesiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

    Kaare Meier

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    Ole Kæseler Andersen

  3. Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

    Metin Akay

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Meier, K. (2014). Spinal Cord Stimulation: Background and Clinical Application. In: Jensen, W., Andersen, O., Akay, M. (eds) Replace, Repair, Restore, Relieve – Bridging Clinical and Engineering Solutions in Neurorehabilitation. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08072-7_17

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