Spinal Cord Stimulation
Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) alters the experience of pain by sending impulses to the spinal cord that compete with pain signals. As a result, the pain messages that your body sends to the brain are blocked or modified.
Spinal cord stimulation is most commonly used for leg, back and arm pain that has not responded to spinal surgery. It can also be used to treat back pain that is not suitable for spinal surgery. Other conditions that may also respond to SCS include complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), pain following nerve injury, refractory gain, post-herpetic neuralgia, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes.
If your spine specialist decides that this treatment is suitable for your condition, a comprehensive trial is undertaken to determine if SCS will be helpful to you. There are many different spinal cord stimulator devices available for the management of chronic pain. Your spine specialist will determine the appropriate spinal cord stimulator for you, by assessing you independently and using up-to-date clinical research and current best practice.
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