Lead Breakage in Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulation Systems: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2008.54.2.229
- Author:
Mi suk KOO
1
;
Yong Chul KIM
;
Mi hyun KIM
;
Sahngun Francis NAHM
;
Jeong Hun SUH
;
Hwa Yong SHIN
;
Ji yon JO
;
Yong Min CHOI
;
Sang Chul LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. pain@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
ardware failure;
lead breakage;
spinal cord stimulation
- MeSH:
Chronic Pain;
Dislocations;
Equipment Failure;
Humans;
Spinal Cord;
Spinal Cord Stimulation
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2008;54(2):229-231
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has become an established clinical option for treatment of refractory chronic pain. Current hardware and implantation techniques for SCS are already highly developed and continuously improving, however equipment failures over the course of the long-term treatment are still encountered in a relatively high proportion of treated cases. Percutaneous SCS leads seem to be particularly prone to dislocation and insulation failures. We describe our experience of lead breakage in implanted SCS which was inserted to a complex regional pain syndrome patient who obtained satisfactory pain relief after the revision of SCS.
