Comparison of 10-kHz High-Frequency and Traditional Low-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Back and Leg Pain

Kapural, Leonardo; Yu, Cong; W. Doust, Matthew; E. Gliner, Bradford; Vallejo, Ricardo; Todd Sitzman, B.; Amirdelfan, Kasra; M. Morgan, Donna; Yearwood, Thomas; Bundschu, Richard; P. Yang, Thomas; Benyamin, Ramsin; H. Burgher, Abram

doi:10.1227/neu.0000000000001418

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Comparison of 10-kHz High-Frequency and Traditional Low-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Back and Leg Pain

Published in Neurosurgery • Aug 31, 2016

Authors:

Leonardo Kapural

Cong Yu

Matthew W. Doust

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pain relief with spinal cord stimulation (SCS) has focused historically on paresthesias overlapping chronically painful areas. A higher level evidence supports the use of SCS in treating leg pain than supports back pain, as it is difficult to achieve adequate paresthesia coverage, and th...

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Medicine

Randomized controlled trial

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