Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Long-term Evaluation of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Patients With Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy: An Eight-to-Ten-Year Prospective Cohort Study.
This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effects of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in patients with painful diabetic polyneuropathy (PDPN). ⋯ This eight-to-ten-year follow-up study indicates that SCS can remain an effective treatment in the long term to reduce pain intensity in a subcohort of patients with PDPN who still had an SCS device implanted after eight years.
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Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is burdened with surgical complications that may require one or several surgical revision(s), challenging its risk/benefit ratio and cost-effectiveness. Our objective was to evaluate its outcome and efficacy after one or more SCS surgical revisions. ⋯ Our data suggest that surgical revision of SCS system is safe and led to significant pain relief in most of the cases, provided that the initial indication was good and that the previous stimulation was effective. However, success of SCS revision decreases with the number of revisions.