Spinal Cord Stimulation: Viable Therapeutic Option for Postlaminectomy Syndrome in Elderly Patients
| Autor: | Alejandro Hallo, Karen E Jácome-Calderón, Hector Martínez, Mayra Rodríguez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
spinal cord stimulation business.industry Postlaminectomy syndrome General Engineering Chronic pain Spinal instability Spinal cord stimulation medicine.disease Spinal cord stimulator law.invention Surgery Refractory Quality of life Anesthesiology law Back pain Pain Management Medicine medicine.symptom chronic pain business |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.15675 |
| Popis: | We present a 76-year-old man with chronic back pain refractory to treatment secondary to spinal trauma from a motor vehicle accident 34 years ago. After trauma, multiple interventions were performed due to spinal instability. The patient was diagnosed with the postlaminectomy syndrome. Multimodal analgesia management failed to control our patient’s pain, severely affecting our patient and his family’s quality of life. For these reasons, a spinal cord stimulator was implanted despite our patient age. After four months, our patient presented with significant improvement in his life quality. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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