Successful application of burst spinal cord stimulation for refractory upper limb pain: a case series
| Autor: | Yoo Kyung Jang, Gene Hyun Park, In Jae Jun, Jae Chul Koh, Kuen Su Lee |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Medicine (General)
medicine.medical_treatment Pain Upper limb pain Case Reports Spinal cord stimulation Biochemistry Upper Extremity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine R5-920 intractable pain Refractory 030202 anesthesiology otorhinolaryngologic diseases Humans Pain Management Medicine Tonic (music) Amputation Spinal cord injury Pain Measurement Spinal Cord Stimulation business.industry Biochemistry (medical) Therapeutic effect Cell Biology General Medicine medicine.disease spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Anesthesia Intractable pain business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of International Medical Research, Vol 49 (2021) The Journal of International Medical Research |
| ISSN: | 1473-2300 |
| Popis: | Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has been used to treat sustained pain that is intractable despite various types of treatment. However, conventional tonic waveform SCS has not shown promising outcomes for spinal cord injury (SCI) or postamputation pain. The pain signal mechanisms of burst waveforms are different to those of conventional tonic waveforms, but few reports have presented the therapeutic potential of burst waveforms for the abovementioned indications. This current case report describes two patients with refractory upper limb pain after SCI and upper limb amputation that were treated with burst waveform SCS. While the patients could not obtain sufficient therapeutic effect with conventional tonic waveforms, the burst waveforms provided better pain reduction with less discomfort. However, further studies are necessary to better clarify the mechanisms and efficacy of burst waveform SCS in patients with intractable pain. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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