• A&A practice · Jul 2020

    Case Reports

    A Case Report of a Successful Percutaneous Trial and Surgical Placement of a Spinal Cord Stimulator in a Patient With Severe Thoracolumbar Scoliosis.

    • Jenny Zhao Cheng, Mike H Bao, and Shiqian Shen.
    • From the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • A A Pract. 2020 Jul 1; 14 (9): e01270.

    AbstractSpinal cord stimulation has been demonstrated as a therapeutic option for patients with persistent lumbar radicular pain secondary to failed back surgery syndrome. This case report demonstrates a successful percutaneous spinal cord stimulator (SCS) trial followed by surgical placement of a permanent SCS to treat lumbar radicular pain and axial low back pain in a patient with severe thoracolumbar scoliosis status after laminectomy and spinal fusion surgery. Currently, there is a paucity of literature on this topic.

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