High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation and Pregnancy: A Case Report

Safety of Sacral Nerve Stimulation in Pregnancy: A Literature Review

“…The number of solitary case reports is even larger, the first published by Nanninga in 1988 (25) for the use of SNS for bladder control during pregnancy without any adverse effects, as well as other valuable pulications by Segal in 1999, Feler et al in 2003, Hanson and Goodman in 2006, El‐Khawand et al in 2012, Moya et al and De Silva and Davies, in 2013, Mamopoulos et al and Das and McCrory in 2014, and most recently Edelbroek and Terheggen in 2015 .…”

“…Furthermore, as in the case described by Edelbroek and Terheggen with a patient on SCS having a miscarriage, it should be noted that the patient was a primigravida, and miscarriages early in the first trimester are not rare. Moreover, the patient went on later to have an uncomplicated pregnancy giving birth to a healthy child despite keeping the SCS device on, while she opted to switch it off back in the first pregnancy and had to suffer from exacerbations of the pain, which contradicts the device activity having a direct effect on her miscarriage .…”

“…The number of solitary case reports is even larger, the first published by Nanninga in 1988 (25) (15)(16)(17)20,(23)(24)(25)(26).…”

Pregnancy in a Series of Dystonia Patients Treated with Deep Brain Stimulation: Outcomes and Management Recommendations

“…Like DBS, another type of neuromodulation treatment, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), relies on a chronically implanted stimulating device; however, there are unique considerations for the safety of this therapy in pregnancy because of the proximity of the fetus to electrical current. Nevertheless, a number of publications have described favorable pregnancy outcomes in patients treated with SCS [7,8,9]. Reports of miscarriage in women treated with SCS exist but are rare and appear commensurate with the risk of miscarriage for the general population [7,8].…”

“…Nevertheless, a number of publications have described favorable pregnancy outcomes in patients treated with SCS [7,8,9]. Reports of miscarriage in women treated with SCS exist but are rare and appear commensurate with the risk of miscarriage for the general population [7,8]. …”