Spinal Cord Stimulation Implantation
Subtitle: Percutaneous Implantation Techniques
Contributors: Paul Kreis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781282544147
Description: Spinal cord stimulators (SCS) are implantable medical devices used to treat chronic pain of neurologic origin, such as sciatica, intractable back pain, and diabetic. The device generates an electric pulse near the spinal cord's dorsal surface, providing a parasthesia sensation that alters the perception of pain by the patient, and is typically used in conjunction with conventional medical management. Spinal cord stimulators (SCS) are implantable medical devices used to treat chronic pain of neurologic origin, such as sciatica, intractable back pain, and diabetic. The device generates an electric pulse near the spinal cord's dorsal surface, providing a parasthesia sensation that alters the perception of pain by the patient, and is typically used in conjunction with conventional medical management.