failed back surgery syndrome

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failed back surgery syndrome

Persistent or recurring low back pain (with or without sciatic symptoms) in patients who have undergone one or more surgeries on a lumbar disk.

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22,29) In a prospective open-label study evaluating combination IT therapy in patients with failed back surgery syndrome, 73% reported subjective ratings of good or excellent at 2-year follow-up.

Intrathecal analgesia: time to consider it for your patient? When systemic analgesics or antispasmodics fail to control chronic pain or cause intolerable adverse effects, an intrathecal drug delivery system may be the best bet

Severe peripheral edema during an outpatient continuous epidural morphine infusion trial in a patient with failed back surgery syndrome.

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Disease states that have been shown to be responsive to stimulation include failed back surgery syndrome, spinal radiculopathy, ischemic pain, peripheral neuropathy, post herpetic neuritis, traumatic nerve injury, and complex regional pain syndrome.

Spinal cord stimulation as a method of reducing opioids in severe chronic pain: a case report and review of the literature

SCS can be used to treat patients with chronic and intractable pain, such as the pain caused by failed back surgery syndrome.

Q: when should you consider implanted nerve stimulators for lower back pain?

In a comprehensive review of more than 30 published studies, findings confirm the effectiveness of SCS as an early treatment option for failed back surgery syndrome patients.

St. Jude Medical Announces Neuromodulation Division Name Change, Unveils New Brand Identity at 12th Annual North American Neuromodulation Society Meeting

Study Will Measure Self-Reported Functional Status and Pain in Patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)

The Bonati Institute Initiates ODI Outcome Study

Eon delivers spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy to treat chronic, intractable pain of the trunk and limbs, including pain associated with failed back surgery syndrome.

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Receives Australian Regulatory and Reimbursement Approval for Rechargeable Chronic Pain System

Surgeons around the world are awakening to a serious condition known as failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), which can often be attributed to the wrong diagnosis," said Dr.

First Sale and Installation of FONAR UPRIGHT MULTI-POSITION MRI in London, England; European Expansion Efforts Continue with Strengthened Presence in the United Kingdom

Damadian, "that half of all MRI scans done annually in the US(1) must be done upright and weight-bearing if significant pathology is not to be missed and if the patient is not to receive an incomplete or inaccurate assessment of his pathology that could lead to the wrong surgery being performed and add to the high count of patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS).

FONAR UPRIGHT(TM) MULTI-POSITION(TM) MRI Sold To West Coast Free-Standing Center

This outcome carries with it the unfortunate prospect of adding the patient to the ranks of those who make up the high number of "multiple operated surgical cripples"(5) that comprise the Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) (6,7,8,9,10,11).

FONAR President Raymond Damadian, M.D., Reports Data Showing That The FONAR Upright(TM) MRI is The Only Appropriate Technology for Evaluating Low Back Pain

The failed back surgery syndrome, as it is better known in the industry, is positioning the FONAR Upright(TM) MRI as the scanner of choice for surgeons, who in many cases drive the decision making process for purchases by imaging centers and hospitals," added Dr.

FONAR Announces Fiscal 2006 Third Quarter Financial Results

The Eon Neurostimulation System helps patients manage chronic, intractable pain of the trunk and limbs, including pain associated with failed back surgery syndrome, by using low-intensity electrical impulses to selectively trigger nerve fibers along the spinal cord.

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Receives European CE Mark Clearance for Eon Rechargeable Neurostimulation System; First Patient Implant Completed in Europe