TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Spinal Cord Stimulation: Hardware Specifications A1 - Diwan, Sudhir A1 - Gritsenko, Karina A1 - Mehta, Neel A2 - Diwan, Sudhir A2 - Staats, Peter S. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures AB - Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) offers hope to the estimated 75 million people who suffer from chronic pain. SCS sends electrical impulses that trigger nerve fibers selectively in the dorsal column based on the “gate control” theory. This interruption of pain signals traveling to the cerebral cortex causes feelings of pleasant and soothing tingling and paresthesia replacing the painful sensation of pain. Most commonly, SCS is utilized for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain of the back, trunk, or extremities. Specifically these conditions include postlaminectomy syndrome, complex regional pain syndrome, diabetic neuropathy, as well as other off label uses have had great success with the SCS. SCS has successfully relieved pain in thousands of patients with severe chronic painful conditions. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1107200211 ER -