Spinal Cord Stimulation Provides Pain Relief with Improved Psychosocial Function: Results from EMP³OWER

Abstract

Spinal cord stimulation provided pain relief and significant improvement of patient psychological and functional outcome measures.

A Retrospective Analysis of 25 Cases With Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation for Chronic Low Back Pain and the Predictive Value of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Patient Selection

“…Besides these significant results, our results show an increase of values for positive mood, and a reduction in values for desperation, sorrow, fatigue, and anger in the whole follow-up period after PNFS implantation on ASTS, a German modified version of the POMS. Our findings suggest, like Rosenberg et al for SCS treatment reported, that PNFS in patients with chronic low back pain reduces the level of mental disturbance, anxiety, anger, and fatigue and thus stabilizes patients' psychological state through pain reduction (47). Kloimstein et al showed a reduction, even not significant, of the degree of depression measured on Beck Depression Inventory (21).…”

Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Failed Neck Surgery Syndrome: Outcome of a Prospective Case Series

“…SCS is considered an appropriate and efficacious treatment option for a number of overlapping diagnoses between the cervical and lumbar spine: radiculopathy , CRPS , neuropathic pain . It is this overlap that gives neuromodulators the confidence to use SCS on other less established indications where there may be little evidence to support such use.…”

“…Data were collected and combined from two previously published institutional review board‐approved, prospective, multicenter registries—the EMPOWER and PAIN registry studies (Abbott, formerly St. Jude Medical). All patients treated with SCS in this study were done so utilizing standard tonic programming algorithms, at or under 1500 Hz.…”

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Acute Pain Following Surgery for Cervical Myelopathy: A Novel Treatment Strategy

“…The efficacy of cervical SCS for treating cervical radiculopathy and complex regional pain syndrome has been established . Nevertheless, there is a lack of published evidence to support the claim that SCS is effective for postsurgical pain in the cervical region.…”

“…The efficacy of cervical SCS for treating cervical radiculopathy and complex regional pain syndrome has been established. [46][47][48] Nevertheless, there is a lack of published evidence to support the claim that SCS is effective for postsurgical pain in the cervical region. A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained multicenter registry by Deer and colleagues, with a mean follow-up of 88 months, found that cervical SCS was associated with enhanced pain relief, quality of life, and patient satisfaction, as well as a statistically significant improvement in pain disability index (PDI) in a group of 38 patients.…”