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Spinal Cord Stimulation in Peripheral Vascular Disease: A Retrospective Analysis of 95 Cases
Author(s) -
Reig E.,
Abejón D.,
Del Pozo C.,
Wojcikiewicz R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pain practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1533-2500
pISSN - 1530-7085
DOI - 10.1046/j.1533-2500.2001.01033.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , spinal cord stimulation , peripheral , spinal cord stimulator , stimulation , spinal cord , complication , surgery , retrospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , vascular disease , anesthesia , psychiatry , endocrinology
Spinal Cord Stimulation is one of the interventionist treatments used for treating diverse chronic pain syndromes. This study analyses retrospectively 95 patients diagnosed as suffering from grave peripheral arteriopathy in Fontaine state III (36 patients) and Fontaine state IV (56 patients). Eight patients required a minor amputation and 29 a major amputation. Those patients diagnosed as suffering from diabetes (diabetic arteriopathy) had a higher rate of amputation, above all those diagnosed as Fontaine group III. The most frequent complication was incorrect stimulation (22 cases), which necessitated the repositioning of the electrode.