Erdek, "Interventional pain management for
failed back surgery syndrome," Pain Practice, vol.
(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.
Patel et al., "Etiologies of
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stimulation for patients for
failed back surgery syndrome or complex
His spinal trauma led to extensive surgical reconstruction of his lumbar spine and sacrum, which in turn led to severe pain from
failed back surgery syndrome and arachnoiditis.
The market is further segmented based on indications of usage into
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Conditional Regional pain syndrome, Eschemia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimers, Urinary Incontinence, Faecal Incontinenece, Epilepsy, Gastroparesis and others.
(7.) Chan CW, Peng P
Failed back surgery syndrome. Pain Med 2011;12:577-606.
Medtronic recently initiated the Subqstim I post-market study in Europe, Israel, Australia and Canada to evaluate the effectiveness of PNS plus optimal medical management (OMM) for low back pain, compared to OMM alone in patients with
failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS).
This is the first large-scale study comparing the effectiveness of Medtronic's neurostimulation therapy with Specify 5-6-5 multicolumn surgical leads plus optimal medical management (OMM) to the administration of OMM alone in patients with
failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) and predominant low back pain.
A/CONSIDER IT FOR PATIENTS WITH
FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME. These patients can gain more pain relief from spinal cord stimulation (SCS) than from reoperation (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, 2 randomized controlled trials [RCTs]).