Pain physician
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The utilization of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to treat intractable pain has increased substantially in recent years. Integral to this therapy, the fluoroscope assists with requisite mapping protocols during trialing procedures to identify topographical dermatomal representations of spinal segments, and its use demands measurements of radiation exposure. However, such data is not found in the literature. ⋯ Various lead placement options are available to the spinal interventionalist to treat pain with SCS. Our data set provides first steps to obtain benchmark reference estimates on fluoroscopy times and radiation exposure during SCS trialing procedures/spinal segment mapping. Fluoroscopy times for such interventions may be considerable when compared to more commonly performed pain medicine procedures; however, skin injury is improbable.