Open AccessSafety of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients Who Routinely Use Anticoagulants
Author(s) -
Hirah Khan,
Vignessh Kumar,
Zohal Ghulam-Jelani,
Sarah E. McCallum,
Ellie Hobson,
Vishad Sukul,
Julie G. Pilitsis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx305
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord stimulation , anesthesia , stimulation , spinal cord , spinal cord stimulator , psychiatry
We assess the safety of performing the epidural placement or revision of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in patients whose anticoagulation has been held (termed "anticoagulant-suspended" patients) in accordance with the 2017 Neurostimulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee (NACC) guidelines.
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