• Acta neurochirurgica · Mar 2018

    Case Reports

    Bipolar dual-lead spinal cord stimulation between two electrodes on the ventral and dorsal sides of the spinal cord: consideration of putative mechanisms.

    • Mitsuru Watanabe, Takamitsu Yamamoto, Chikashi Fukaya, Toshiki Obuchi, Toshikazu Kano, Kazutaka Kobayashi, Hideki Oshima, and Atsuo Yoshino.
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 173-8610, Japan.
    • Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Mar 1; 160 (3): 639-643.

    AbstractWe have applied bipolar dual-lead spinal cord stimulation (SCS) between two cylinder-type electrodes placed on the ventral and dorsal sides of the spinal cord (dual-VD-SCS). A 36-year-old man suffered from burning pain from his right elbow down to his hand after brachial plexus avulsion. The areas with paresthesia induced by conventional SCS did not include the painful hand area. However, dual-VD-SCS completely induced paresthesia in the painful hand area. We speculate that dual-VD-SCS can be applied to stimulate deeper sites of the dorsal column and dorsal horn than conventional SCS and is useful for pain reduction.

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