Spinal Cord Stimulation
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People with chronic nerve-related pain that has not responded to rehabilitation, medications and injections: persistent pain after spine surgery, complex regional pain syndrome, painful diabetic neuropathy and selected chronic back and leg pain.

Temporary leads are placed through a needle under X-ray guidance and connected to an external stimulator for about five to seven days at home. We track pain, sleep, activity and medication use. A pre-procedure psychological evaluation is usually part of the process.

When the trial meaningfully improves pain and function, a permanent system is implanted by a partner surgeon, and we continue to manage programming, rehabilitation and follow-up together.

Risks include lead movement, infection, bleeding and, rarely, nerve injury. With permanent systems, battery or device issues can occur.