Biological and hardware-related spinal cord stimulation complications and their management: A single-center retrospective analysis of the implantation of nonrechargeable implantable pulse generators in different pain conditions

Our results indicate that patients treated by the SCS technique are at higher risk for the development of skin-related complications, especially skin erosions and less common skin infections, notably in cases when large (high profile) IPGs are utilized. The use of smaller IPGs could reduce the number of these biological as well as hardware-related complications and associated revision surgeries.