Long-Term Effects of Spinal Cord Stimulation on Pain in Postherpetic Neuralgia
Our clinical series demonstrates that tonic SCS was effective in 50% of patients with refractory PHN undergoing SCS trial. Significant improvement in pain control obtained during the long-term follow-up in patients treated with tonic SCS improves the quality of life and reduces the need for analgesic medications.
Authors
- Egor D. Anisimov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1858-3745)
- Oleg M. Andrushkevich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-2843)
- V M Dzhafarov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-8715)
- Е. Л. Амелина (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7537-3846)
- Konstantin V. Slavin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-8639)
- Jamil Rzaev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1209-8960)
Institutions
- Novosibirsk State University (RU)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (RU)
- Jesse Brown VA Medical Center (US)
- Federal Neurosurgical Center Novosibirsk (RU)
- Federal Medical-Biological Agency (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000542138
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.98