Disadvantages and Risks of Spinal Cord Stimulation | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Spinalcordstimulationisconsideredagenerallysafeprocedure;however,therearepotentialrisksassociatedwiththesurgicalprocess,long-termtherapy,and ...

One of the most significant drawbacks of spinal cord stimulation is that the therapy does not produce the desired results for everyone.

Spinal cord stimulation is considered successful if pain is reduced pain by at least half, but not everyone reaches that goal. With traditional low-frequency therapy, about 50% to 60% of those using spinal cord stimulation reach that goal, but studies have shown more than 80% experience significant pain relief when using newer, high-frequency therapy. Kapural L, Yu C, Doust MW, et al. Novel 10-kHz High-frequency Therapy (HF10 Therapy) Is Superior to Traditional Low-frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Back and Leg Pain: The SENZA-RCT Randomized Controlled Trial. Anesthesiology. 2015;123(4):851-60. , Deer TR, Skaribas IM, Haider N, et al. Effectiveness of cervical spinal cord stimulation for the management of chronic pain. Neuromodulation. 2...