• Neuromodulation · Aug 2000

    Spinal cord stimulation for post-herniorrhaphy pain.

    • M Elias.
    • The Pain Clinic, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
    • Neuromodulation. 2000 Aug 1;3(3):155-7.

    AbstractObjective. Post-herniorrhaphy pain syndrome can be difficult to treat. The exact mechanism of pain is not always apparent. Multiple therapeutic modalities have been suggested for the treatment of this syndrome. Method. This includes both conservative (medical management), surgical (scar revision, excision of neuroma), and/or interventional approaches (local blocks to the entrapped nerves or sympathetic ganglion). Results. Two cases of intractable post-herniorrhaphy pain syndrome which failed to respond to conservative therapy are reviewed. Both cases had a successful trial therapy with spinal cord stimulation for their pain. Both then had permanent implantable systems inserted with favorable outcomes. Conclusion. Post-herniorrhaphy pain can have the same features of both nociceptive and neuropathic pain syndromes. In cases which have failed conservative therapy we believe that a trial of spinal cord stimulation is warranted as in other cases of neuropathic pain syndromes.

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