Open AccessTreatment of chronic pain by spinal cord stimulation
Author(s) -
Fayçal Aichaoui,
A. Khelifa,
I. Assoumane,
M. Al-Zekri,
Abdelhalim Morsli
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
romanian neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2344-4959
pISSN - 1220-8841
DOI - 10.33962/roneuro-2019-082
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord stimulation , laminectomy , failed back surgery , chronic pain , anesthesia , spinal cord , lumbar , surgery , analgesic , spinal cord stimulator , neurosurgery , spinal stenosis , spinal canal stenosis , spinal surgery , back pain , stimulation , spinal canal , physical therapy , alternative medicine , pathology , psychiatry
Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is often used to describe the condition of patients who have experienced continued pain after surgery. It is of multifactorial genesis and may be the consequence of various lumbar spinal diseases; lumbar disc herniation surgery or spinal canal stenosis laminectomy. The presented series included 13 patients affected with chronic pain related to FBSS who underwent implantation of spinal cord stimulation. The mean percentage of pain relief was 90 % for all patients. 60% of the patients were in a better psychological status and the intake of analgesic medications has been reduced of more than 70%. More than 50% of the patients could resume professional activities. Analysis of the risks and benefits comes in favour of spinal cord stimulation.