Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of chronic pain

Isagulyan E.D.; Slavin K.V.; Tomsky A.A.; Asriyants S.V.; Makashova E.S.; Dorokhov E.V.; Isagulyan D.E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro2020120081160

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Abstract:

Despite the numerous analgesic drugs, the prevalence of intractable neuropathic pain remains high making up about 5%. Intervention methods, including methods of chronic electrostimulation, are used to treat these patients. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is the most common surgical method worldwide that replaced destructive and ablation procedures. Currently, common tonic SCS, HF-10 stimulation and burst SCS are applied, and the choice of method is based on clinical and neurophysiological data. Also, the introduction of nanomaterial-enabled neural stimulation could significantly minimize surgery risk.

Keywords:

spinal cord stimulation

chronic pain

neuropathic pain

Authors:

Isagulyan E.D.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

ORCID: 0000-0003-1191-9357

Slavin K.V.

University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago

Tomsky A.A.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

ORCID: 0000-0002-2120-0146

Asriyants S.V.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center

Makashova E.S.

Burdenko Neurosurgical Center;
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Dorokhov E.V.

Burdenko National Medical Scientific Center for Neurosurgery

Isagulyan D.E.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Received:

18.10.2019

Accepted:

06.11.2019

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