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Wound Closure and Surgical Healing

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Surgical technique and wound healing are some of the most important factors in durability of neuromodulation. Many implanters have not trained in a surgical residency. Limited number of surgical procedures in most pain fellowship programs as well as limited number of weekend cadaver courses that the fellows can attend is usually not sufficient to prepare them as independent implanters. Moreover, more standardized guidelines are necessary in the field to help standardize the practice. This chapter will summarize our proposed guidelines and relate the protocols to optimize surgical outcomes.

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  1. Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Stephen D. Coleman

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Systems Neuroscience and Pain Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, CA, USA

    Vafi Salmasi

  3. Stanford Pain Management Center, Redwood City, CA, USA

    Michael S. Leong

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  1. The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USA

    Timothy R. Deer

  2. Evolve Restorative Center, Santa Rosa, CA, USA

    Jason E. Pope

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Tim J. Lamer

  4. Pain Diagnostics and Interventional Care, Sewickley, PA, USA

    David Provenzano

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Coleman, S.D., Salmasi, V., Leong, M.S. (2019). Wound Closure and Surgical Healing. In: Deer, T., Pope, J., Lamer, T., Provenzano, D. (eds) Deer's Treatment of Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12281-2_77

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