Treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome with a Spinal Cord Stimulator: A report of 2 cases.
10.3344/kjp.2006.19.1.123
- Author:
Chan Hong PARK
1
;
Chul Bum CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea. magary@cu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
failed back surgery syndrome;
leg pain;
low back pain;
spinal cord stimulator
- MeSH:
Chronic Pain;
Electrodes, Implanted;
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome*;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Leg;
Low Back Pain;
Pain, Intractable;
Pain, Postoperative;
Spinal Cord Stimulation;
Spinal Cord*
- From:The Korean Journal of Pain
2006;19(1):123-126
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been used since 1967 for refractory chronic pain. SCS has recently undergone a variety of technical modifications and advances, and it has been applied in a variety of pain conditions. SCS has been most commonly applied for those patients with chronic back and leg pain and failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). The clinical hallmark of FBSS is chronic postoperative pain. The pain pattern varies and the pain may show an axial or radicular distribution. Chronic intractable pain after FBSS is difficult to treat. This report describes our experience with treating chronic pain in two patients who suffered from FBSS with a spinal cord stimulator. A permanent spinal cord stimulator was implanted after a successful trial of stimulation with temporarily implanted electrodes. After 5 months of follow-up, the two patients had satisfactory improvement of their pain.
